Slow download when updating

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Tyrannocaster
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Slow download when updating

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The last few days whenever I have had to update things via the update manager, the download speeds are horrible. Right now I'm updating Firefox and the rate is 47kB/s which means it's going to take ten minutes just for this one item. I usually get much, much, much faster downloads than this. Is there a problem with Mint here, or is it with something else? I was going to see if other system updates went faster today but it doesn't seem to need any right at the moment so I can't check that.
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Re: Slow download when updating

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Forgot to mention that all other downloads (via regular means) are fine, and SpeedTest shows everything working fine speedwise.
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Re: Slow download when updating

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Try switching mirrors. I always use the default Mint mirrors, choosing the one nearest to you (you may not have done this but many do) doesn't actually speed things up.
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Re: Slow download when updating

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Okay; I will do that with the next update and see what happens. Thank you.
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Re: Slow download when updating

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download them

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http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upstream/f/firefox/firefox_96.0.2+linuxmint1+una_amd64.deb

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http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upstream/f/firefox/firefox-locale-en_96.0.2+linuxmint1+una_amd64.deb

and install using

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sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/'firefox_96.0.2 linuxmint1 una_amd64.deb'

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sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/'firefox-locale-en_96.0.2 linuxmint1 una_amd64.deb'

or just download Firefox which is 63MB and let the Update Manager do the locale
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Re: Slow download when updating

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I want to see if it's just Firefox or if all of the update downloads are slow; that's what I remember happening last time and why I wanted to verify it today, only there aren't any new updates today. Seems like it wouldn't be just Firefox if the file is coming from the repository site.

These are the mirrors I'm using now in the update manager; I believe they are the defaults:
http://packages.linuxmint.com
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
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Re: Slow download when updating

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Same problem here, for me it's not the first time.
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Re: Slow download when updating

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That's interesting. I've only been using Mint for a year and a half (I think) and this is the first time I've seen this. Did changing mirrors help?
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Re: Slow download when updating

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Tyrannocaster wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:14 pm That's interesting. I've only been using Mint for a year and a half (I think) and this is the first time I've seen this. Did changing mirrors help?
Seems as if the update changed the mirrors :shock:
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Re: Slow download when updating

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I just waited patiently, it took about 30 minutes to complete. I don't know if changing the mirrors solves the problem.
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Re: Slow download when updating

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Today's kernel update just went by so fast I didn't catch the rate. Seems like it's just Firefox that's affected, which strikes me as really peculiar. Maybe they've fixed it by now.
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Re: Slow download when updating

Post by mmm »

When the firefox update first appears it takes about 25 minutes to download here.
What I do now is to untick the firefox update, and apply all the others.
Then, after a few days, leave the firefox update ticked when updating everything.
I did this today and it downloaded fast to version 96.0.2.
Try it and see.
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