use-apt-fast-to-speed-up-package-downloads.md 584 B
Title: Use apt-fast to speed up package downloads Date: 2016-08-10 02:44:00 Categories: [cli] tags: [apt, apt-fast, aptitude, debian, ubuntu] Slug: use-apt-fast-to-speed-up-package-downloads
Authors: sedlav
Tecmint explains how to use apt-fast to accelerate the process of downloading packages apt-fast is a shellscript wrapper for apt-get and aptitude that can drastically improve apt download times by downloading packages in parallel, with multiple connections per package.