[olug] apt-get performance issue

[Rthines81]

I'd check the package server address and find one closer.  That's fixed slow updates for me before.  Can use the one that is for your mint if it's the based on the same version of Ubuntu your using.

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> On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net> wrote:
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> 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..."
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> This part of the process can take up to 10 minutes or more. On my Linux Mint desktop, it's QUICK, (under 4 seconds).
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> Anyone ever experience anything similar? Might I have done something to inflict this on myself?
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> TIA.
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> Noel Leistad
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