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I wanted to upgrade faster. I already tried the apt-get update command.

As my network connection is slow, I couldn't be able to finish it.

After 49% I stopped the process by hitting Ctrl+Z.

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    If the network connection is slow, there's nothing you can do in Ubuntu to fix it, other than maybe playing with your DSL settings. – kos Oct 11 '15 at 19:07
  • can i start upgrade from 49%? – Toufique khan Oct 11 '15 at 19:11
  • If you still have that terminal open, running `fg` should restart the upgrade from where it was when you stopped it. Is this your question or your question is how to speed up `apt-get upgrade`? – kos Oct 11 '15 at 19:13
  • You can't make stuff download faster if your internet is slow. You have to upgrade your plan if you need faster speeds. – TheWanderer Oct 11 '15 at 19:20
  • pacman -Sy is more efficient that apt-get update. That's the main reason I ditched ubuntu. I'm on a slow mobile internet connection and all that apt-get does is spit a load of file lists at my screen and still manage to *not* update the package list after 2hrs or so. – itsfarseen May 07 '16 at 08:01
  • Sometimes, I might not want to update all the packages, but just the package list, so that I can install an import package that gives 404 on apt-get install. I'd be better in hell than ubuntu in that situation. pacman -Sy simply downloads 4 files that are around 10 mb in total and you are ready – itsfarseen May 07 '16 at 08:03

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Use a Closer Mirror

Auto-Download Security Updates

This may be benefitial to ensure you get the most important updates. You could schedule the downloads for a time at which you don't use the Internet. You can also adjust what is updated/downloaded automatically.

unattended-upgrades instructions

Cache Packages

This will help if you have multiple machines on your network that will use the same updates

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Install apt-fast :

Ubuntu 14.04 and above :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/myppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-fast

Older distributions :

https://askubuntu.com/a/501905/458410

and then do :

sudo apt-fast update
sudo apt-fast upgrade

instead of apt-get.

Create an alias :

  • adding this line at the end of /.bashrc

    alias apt-get='apt-fast'

  • launch

    source /.bashrc

and use apt-get as an alias for apt-fast:

apt-get update
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