reassign 657422 apt
usertags 657422 note
thanks
On 26 January 2012 14:24, gaussfrank<eular.frank@gmail.com> wrote:
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.6.3-3.2+squeeze1
Severity: wishlist
I think aptitude can use pipes to communicate with another downloader,
such as axel, wget, etc.
Apt-fast [1] is a wrapper for apt-get that uses axel to download and
install on the command-line:
# cp ./apt-fast /usr/sbin/
# chmod +x /usr/sbin/apt-fast
# apt-fast install pkg1 pkg2
I am not aware of anything similar that works with aptitude, however,
the APT "method interface" [2] is very extensible, and such a feature
could indeed be implemented.
I am reassigning this request to APT as that is the logical place to
implement it. The developers over there may also have a better idea
if there is an existing solution.
[1] https://github.com/ilikenwf/apt-fast
[2] http://www.fifi.org/doc/libapt-pkg-doc/method.html/