How to get apt-get to call apt-fast?

Question

Have been using apt-fast for a while now and really liking it. In case you don't know it is useful to speed up apt-get. However, I have a few questions regarding apt-fast:

1. I would like to make any call to apt-get run apt-fast. I'm assuming I can put a script called "apt-get" in my ~/bin folder that executes apt-fast... so maybe I'm answering my own question on this first one.

   Would a script like this work?

   #!/bin/bash
   exec apt-fast $@
   exit 0
   

2. apt-fast does not seem to speed up the very thing I wish it sped up most - apt-get update

   I would like apt-fast to make apt-get update run faster. Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can create an alias for apt-get in your home directory. To do so, follow these:

1. Open a terminal and do this command:

   touch ~/.bash_aliases; gedit ~/.bash_aliases
   

2. In the new opened file, type these and save and exit.

   alias apt-get='apt-fast'
   

Then, whenever you run apt-get, apt-fast will run instead

For more info, see this page

• http://modifyubuntu.com/#terminal

Answer 2

apt-fast does not make 'apt-get update' faster. If you'll check the code, e.g.

vi /usr/bin/apt-fast

You'll find the line:

if echo "$@" | grep -q "upgrade\|install\|dist-upgrade"; then
...
else
apt-get "@"

Which means that apt-fast does nothing in all other commands except in upgrade, install, and dist-upgrade.