Recently, I have wrote about how to limit apt-get download speed. Today, I'd like to show you cross-purposed applications called apt-fast and apt-proz. Both of them can boost your apt-get download speed by using such an engine, apt-fast use Axel engine and apt-proz use ProZilla engine. They can do parallel download, so as expected, your download speed is faster than usig reguler apt-get operation.
Apt-Fast
Install it on Ubuntu (Lucid, Maverick, Natty, Oneiric):
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tldm217/tahutek.net
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install apt-fast
Usage instruction:
or
- sudo apt-fast install packge_name
- sudo apt-fast upgrade
Apt-Proz
Install it on Ubuntu (Lucid, Maverick, Natty, and Oneiric):
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tldm217/tahutek.net
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install apt-proz
Usage instruction:
or
- sudo apt-proz install package_name
- sudo apt-proz upgrade
Enjoy :)