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Upgrading ubuntu with some thing which can make more than one connection






I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I want to download all (for a specified installation) packages simultaneously and in chunks (as in jDownloader) for faster downloading speed. I wanted this because my shared internet connection has no internet load balancing mechanism. I'm using my closest mirror mirror.learn.ac.lk/ubuntu (Sri Lanka).



I've used Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic Package Manager, apt-get and some other package managers to download packages. All of them are using a single connection for all packages which causes slow download (in my connection).



Is it possible to or is there a way to,







  • install an application to handle package downloads of any Package Manager (even in Update Manager) in simultaneous connections







  • find a Package Manager specifically designed for slow connections (uses simultaneous connections in downloads)







  • if above are impossible


    1. get a list of required packages' URLs

    2. manually download (using a Download Accelerator)

    3. move *.deb to /var/cache/apt/archives

    4. install packages







Please tell if you have a better way



I'm not expert with source code modifying and compiling. So please do not give that kind of answers



I just want to know what is possible and what is the procedure.


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You can try Apt-fast.



Apt-fast is a shellscript wrapper for apt-get that improves one's apt-get download speed by simultaneously downloading packages with multiple connections per package.



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apt-fast/stable -y && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install axel apt-fast


After setting it up, you can use it, just like apt-get



sudo apt-get update


Will be:



sudo apt-fast update

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser


Will be:



sudo apt-fast install chromium-browser

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