Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa, aria2 author, provides a shell script for doing just this. It is MUCH faster.
https://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/aria2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52 -- apt-get must use faster download algorithms or aria2 as a backend downloader https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275994 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs