<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:14:28 +0100 From: Steve <<a href="mailto:yorvik.ubunto@googlemail.com">yorvik.ubunto@googlemail.com</a>> Subject: Re: problem: extremely slow 'apt-get install' To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Message-ID: <op.uxk3mbth3z9ow3@wharfe> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:07:23 +0100, Michael DeBari <<a href="mailto:michaeldebari@gmail.com">michaeldebari@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hello all, my first post, excited to be here. > > I just installed 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5) and > am > on ethernet hardwire to Linksys router to cable modem. > > Whether I use apt-get directly from command-line or through synaptic > front-end, download is extremely slow, with completion predictions on the > order of several 'days' > > All other network traffic to system (from ping to firefox downloads) show > throughput is orders of magnitude faster. > > I've looked through FAQs and forums, would like to change > /etc/apt/sources.list to use another repository (currently > <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">us.archive.ubuntu.com</a>) to see if that helps but can't find alternate(s). > Can > anyone point me to other reps, and/or address throughput problem (kernel > bug?) > > lacking a fix is it reasonable to download from repository a package > image, > burn to CD and use apt-get without network? > > thanks in advance System > Administartion > Software Sources will allow you to change your source. -- Steve From: From: </blockquote><div> Thank you Steve (and Chris Mohler <<a href="mailto:cr33dog@gmail.com">cr33dog@gmail.com</a>>, Mohamad Faizul <<a href="mailto:mypiju@gmail.com">mypiju@gmail.com</a>>) re-pointing to <a href="http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu">ubuntu.media.mit.edu</a> mirror (I'm on east coast US)and upgrades now take seconds. Complete list seems to be in Synaptic front end, very cool </div></div>