[olug] apt-get performance issue

[David Gilman]

The "Reading package lists..." step is done after archive metadata
(Packages file) is downloaded so Noel won't get any relief from new apt
mirrors.  The key bit here is "appliance", they have comparatively slower
CPUs and have trouble getting through the Packages file.  In that step it's
parsing every single package in the archive and it's just killing the CPU.
This is a place where it would be great if Debian updated their
infrastructure but it just hasn't happened yet.
On Mar 22, 2016 1:25 PM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I believe the Mint install uses a mixture of repositories (Debian, Ubuntu,
> others), whereas Ubuntu will use just the Ubuntu ones.
>
> A *long* time ago I remember seeing a program that queried the servers in
> the repository list and attempted to find the "best ones" based on how they
> responded....
>
> If it's at work, does it make sense to setup a local repository?
>
> Dan
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Joseph Gulizia <joseph.gulizia at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Are both getting from the same repository/(same source)?
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I recently got an Ubuntu LTS system as an appliance at work. Since I
> was
> > > learning the apt-* tools for that device, I converted my desktop to
> > > LinuxMint.
> > >
> > > On the appliance, doing apt-get update goes pretty well until I get to
> > > "Reading package lists..."
> > >
> > > This part of the process can take up to 10 minutes or more. On my Linux
> > > Mint desktop, it's QUICK, (under 4 seconds).
> > >
> > > Anyone ever experience anything similar? Might I have done something to
> > > inflict this on myself?
> > >
> > > TIA.
> > >
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