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2015-11-20 10:03:42 +01:00
#!/bin/bash
#apt-fast by Matt Parnell http://www.mattparnell.com , this thing is FOSS
#please feel free to suggest improvments to admin@mattparnell.com
# Use this just like apt-get for faster package downloading. Make sure to have axel installed
#If the first user entered variable string contains apt-get, and the second string entered is either install or dist-upgrade
if echo "$1" | grep -q "[upgrade]" || echo “$2″ | grep -q "[install]" || echo "$2" | grep -q "[full-upgrade]"; then
echo “Working…”;
#Go into the directory apt-get normally puts downloaded packages
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/;
#Have apt-get print the information, including the URIs to the packages
apt-get -y --print-uris $1 $2 $3 $4 > debs.list;
#Strip out the URIs, and download the packages with Axel for speediness
egrep -o -e "(ht|f)tp://[^\']+" debs.list | xargs -l1 axel -a;
#Perform the users reqested action via aptitude
aptitude -y $1 $2 $3 $4;
echo "Done! Make sure and check to see that the packages all were installed properly. If a package is erred, run sudo apt-get autoclean and try installing it again without the use of this <script>.";
elif echo "$1" | grep -q "[*]"; then
aptitude $1;
else
echo "Sorry, but you appear to be entering invalid options. You must use apt-get and one of apt-gets options in order to use this <script>.";
fi