It's possible with the help from a few software already included in Ubuntu :
====================== sudo su - root cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ apt-get -y --print-uris install ubuntu-desktop > debs.list egrep -o -e "http://[^\']+" debs.list | xargs -l3 -P5 wget -c apt-get -y install ubuntu-desktop exit ====================== Just replace "ubuntu-desktop" with whatever packages that you'd like to install Found this solution after I was told by apt-get that installing 3 GB of packages would take 4 days. With the commands above, it will be done in several hours. Credit : http://johntellsall.blogspot.com/2009/04/fast-parallel-downloading-for-apt-get.html -- apt should install packages whilst downloading. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313680 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
