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.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apt-fast/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install apt-fastYou can use the Ubuntu PPA to get a graphical configuration file setup and automatic updates, for details see:
Some distros, such as PCLinuxOS include apt-fast in their repositories. However if not included like in Debian or Kali Linux, then the PPA can be manually added by creating a new file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-fast.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/apt-fast/stable/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/apt-fast/stable/ubuntu bionic main
To install apt-fast execute following commands:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A2166B8DE8BDC3367D1901C11EE2FF37CA8DA16B
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-fastNote that the PPA version bionic might need to be updated with the recent Ubuntu LTS codename to stay up-to-date.
You can quickly install apt-fast by running:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -sL https://git.io/vokNn)"A manual install can be performed as such:
cp apt-fast /usr/local/sbin/
chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/apt-fast
cp apt-fast.conf /etcYou need to have aria2c installed:
apt-get install aria2Then simply run apt-fast instead of apt-get or aptitude.
cp completions/bash/apt-fast /etc/bash_completion.d/
chown root:root /etc/bash_completion.d/apt-fast
. /etc/bash_completioncp completions/zsh/_apt-fast /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Debian/
chown root:root /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Debian/_apt-fast
source /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Debian/_apt-fastcp completions/fish/apt-fast.fish /etc/fish/conf.d/completions/
chown root:root /etc/fish/conf.d/completions/apt-fast.fish
source /etc/fish/conf.d/completions/apt-fast.fishmkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man8/
cp ./man/apt-fast.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8
gzip -f9 /usr/local/share/man/man8/apt-fast.8
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man5/
cp ./man/apt-fast.conf.5 /usr/local/share/man/man5
gzip -f9 /usr/local/share/man/man5/apt-fast.conf.5The apt-fast configuration file is located at: /etc/apt-fast.conf
_APTMGR=apt-getChange package manager used for installation. Supported are apt-get, aptitude, apt.
DOWNLOADBEFORE=trueTo suppress apt-fast confirmation dialog and download packages directly set this to any value. To ask for confirmation, leave empty. This options doesn't affect package manager confirmation.
Adding multiple mirrors will further speed up downloads and distribute load, be sure to add mirrors near to your location. Official mirror lists:
Then add them to whitespace and comma separated list in config file, e.g.:
MIRRORS=( 'http://deb.debian.org/debian','http://ftp.debian.org/debian, http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian, http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian, ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/debian' )MIRRORS=( 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu, http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu, http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu, http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu, http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/linux/distributions/ubuntu/' )NOTE: To use any mirrors you may have in sources.list or sources.list.d you will need to add them to the apt-fast.conf mirror list as well!
_MAXNUM=5Set to maximum number of connections aria2c uses.
_MAXCONPERSRV=10Set to maximum number of connections per server aria2c uses.
_SPLITCON=8Set to maximum number of connections per file aria2c uses.
_MINSPLITSZ=1MSet to size of each split piece. Possible values: 1M-1024M
_PIECEALGO=defaultSet to piece selection algorithm to use. Possible values: default, inorder, geom
DLLIST='/tmp/apt-fast.list'Location of aria2c input file, used to download the packages with options and checksums.
_DOWNLOADER='aria2c --no-conf -c -j ${_MAXNUM} -x ${_MAXCONPERSRV} -s ${_SPLITCON} -i ${DLLIST} --min-split-size=${_MINSPLITSZ} --stream-piece-selector=${_PIECEALGO} --connect-timeout=600 --timeout=600 -m0'Change the download manager or add additional options to aria2c.
apt-fast uses APT's proxy settings (Acquire::http::proxy, Acquire::https::proxy, Acquire::ftp::proxy) and if those are not available, the environment settings (http_proxy, https_proxy, ftp_proxy). Refer to APT's or the system's documentation.
DLDIR='/var/cache/apt/apt-fast'Directory where apt-fast (temporarily) downloads the packages.
APTCACHE='/var/cache/apt/archives'Directory where apt-get and aptitude download packages.
VERBOSE_OUTPUT=yShow aria2 download file instead of package listing before download confirmation. Unset to show package listing.
cGreen='\e[0;32m'
cRed='\e[0;31m'
cBlue='\e[0;34m'
endColor='\e[0m' Terminal colors used for dialogs. Refer to ANSI Escape sequences for a list of possible values. Disabled when not using terminal.
Consider apt-fast and all of its derivatives licensed under the GNU GPLv3+.
Copyright: 2008-2012 Matt Parnell, http://www.mattparnell.com
Improvements, maintenance, revisions - 2012, 2017-2019 Dominique Lasserre
- Travis/travisn000 - support for complex apt-get commands
- Alan Hoffmeister - aria2c support
- Abhishek Sharma - aria2c with proxy support
- Luca Marchetti - improvements on the locking system and downloader execution
- Richard Klien - Autocompletion, Download Size Checking (made for on ubuntu, untested on other distros)
- Patrick Kramer Ruiz - suggestions
- Sergio Silva - test to see if axel is installed, root detection/sudo autorun, lock file check/creation
- Waldemar {BOB}{Burnfaker} Wetzel - lockfile improvements, separate config file
- maclarke - locking improvements