Re: dpkg taking a bit too long ...
On 2021/10/05 14:24, Norbert Preining wrote:
$ time eatmydata dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/papirus-icon-theme_20211001-1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 1215786 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../papirus-icon-theme_20211001-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking papirus-icon-theme (20211001-1) over (20210901-1) ...
Setting up papirus-icon-theme (20211001-1) ...
real 15m28.611s
user 0m12.769s
sys 15m17.049s
$
It took a long time here too but not nearly as long as that:
$ time sudo dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/papirus-icon-theme_20210901-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package papirus-icon-theme.
(Reading database ... 471201 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../papirus-icon-theme_20210901-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking papirus-icon-theme (20210901-1) ...
Setting up papirus-icon-theme (20210901-1) ...
real 0m37.751s
user 0m7.428s
sys 0m12.374s
That's on ext4/nvme with no eatmydata. Perhaps time to perform a smart
test on your disk?
-Jonathan
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