Ubuntu

too slow in installation

Asked by levinus_liu

Every time I type a command like " sudo apt-get install software_name" in the
terminal, I have to wait a long time until the relative files to be downloaded.
I wonder if i could change the default download tool of the ubuntu system to
other download tool? And how to do this?

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello liu...

Firstly, Please refer this link on explanation of apt-get and aptitude:

http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/

To make apt faster

Use apt-cdrom instead of apt-get if you want to install it off the cd.

Another thing (Helpful when you are having an ubuntu dvd particularly)

to go onto the disk and find the deb and install it with dpkg.

dpkg -i program_name.deb

Hope it helps

BS.

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Bharadwaj Jaya (bharadwaj-j) said : 		#2

If you think installation is too slow.. then you can even try compiling the software from source though it is not recommended.

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