Can't Configure Apt-Fast to use APT on Linux Mint 20

starrfleat · 09-05-2020, 04:09 PM

I'm using the PPA of apt-fast-stable to ensure I have the right version. At first, the installer let me choose to use APT or APT-GET during installation. I want to choose APT now to get more stable updates and insure all dependencies are getting installed. The installer now doesn't give me that choice, but defaults to APT-GET. I've tried to change this by editing apt-fast.conf in /ETC, but although I change it to APT, all that gives me is a list of options to use with APT/APT-GET.
I've also removed and reinstalled several times, all to no avail.
Appreciate help.

ondoho · 09-06-2020, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by starrfleat

I'm using the PPA of apt-fast-stable to ensure I have the right version. At first, the installer let me choose to use APT or APT-GET during installation. I want to choose APT now to get more stable updates and insure all dependencies are getting installed. The installer now doesn't give me that choice, but defaults to APT-GET. I've tried to change this by editing apt-fast.conf in /ETC, but although I change it to APT, all that gives me is a list of options to use with APT/APT-GET.
I've also removed and reinstalled several times, all to no avail.
Appreciate help.

I had to look that up:

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The apt-fast is a shell script wrapper for apt-get and aptitude that can drastically improve the downloading speed of a package in the Debian based systems. It downloads packages in parallel with multiple connections per package. the apt-fast utility uses aria2 or axel download accelerator to download different parts of a package simultaneously.

Are you sure you want to mess up your package management, a crucial process, for faster download speeds?
Especially since Mint already uses its own update process, probably incompatible with apt-fast.

Did you check Linux Mint forums?

starrfleat · 09-07-2020, 12:36 PM

More people than just I have chosen to use either apt-get, or its successor, apt, to do updates rather than package managers. Often the command line choice works better, as in resolving situations where there's a lock on etc/apt/sourceslist.d, etc. This error still occurs, and all I get is a notification that deleting the the lock isn't safe or doesn't resolve the problem, with no solution offered.
Yes, indeed, I checked this forum. All posts on apt-fast are 10 years old, and I couldn't find anything specifically on my query. Since apt is the more complete command line updater, as stated originally, I see no likelyhood of "messing up my system" by getting apt-fast to run using apt. I've corrected more errors than I've had using apt, including errors like problems with the system not coping with the lock file, which I've read elsewhere is a problem with linux mint not deleting the lock file itself at the end of an update session from the command line.
So, outside of your precautionary statements, I'd tru;y appreciate it you or someone else has a solution.

ondoho · 09-07-2020, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by starrfleat

More people than just I have chosen to use either apt-get, or its successor, apt, to do updates rather than package managers.

apt-get/apt (or rather APT) is a package management system.

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Often the command line choice works better, as in resolving situations where there's a lock on etc/apt/sourceslist.d, etc. This error still occurs, and all I get is a notification that deleting the the lock isn't safe or doesn't resolve the problem, with no solution offered.

I have never seen a lock put on etc/apt/sourceslist.d. I can only guess you mean sth like "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock"
I wonder how "apt resolves" that situation, since it usually just means that another process is using dpkg, and it has no business deleting that file.

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Since apt is the more complete command line updater, as stated originally, I see no likelyhood of "messing up my system" by getting apt-fast to run using apt.

My warning was not limited to CLI apt.
Your logic: because apt CLI is better I can wrap it in any sort of fragile/outdated wrapper and it won't break.
???

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So, outside of your precautionary statements, I'd tru;y appreciate it you or someone else has a solution.

Re-install apt-fast, first deleting all its config files manually.

TommieMoreno · 12-05-2020, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by starrfleat

More people than just I have chosen to use either apt-get, or its successor, apt, to do updates rather than package managers. Often the command line choice works better, as in resolving situations where there's a lock on etc/apt/sourceslist.d, etc. This error still occurs, and all I get is a notification that deleting the the lock isn't safe or doesn't resolve the problem, with no solution offered.
Yes, indeed, I checked this forum. All posts on apt-fast are 10 years old, and I couldn't find anything specifically on my query. Since apt is the more complete command line updater, tell pizza hut as stated originally, I see no likelyhood of "messing up my system" by getting apt-fast to run using apt. I've corrected more errors than I've had using apt, including errors like problems with the system not coping with the lock file, which I've read elsewhere is a problem with linux mint not deleting the lock file itself at the end of an update session from the command line.
So, outside of your precautionary statements, I'd tru;y appreciate it you or someone else has a solution.

Thank you for posting something like this