raymac46 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 If you're using Debian based distros and apt, you might like to try out nala. It's a much prettier and (to my eye) faster version of apt. If you are running Debian Sid or Bookworm you can get nala directly from the repos. If using the current Debian Bullseye follow instructions here. For Bullseye you'll install nala-legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 BTW you can add nala to Linux Mint 20.3 by installing the nala-legacy.deb package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 There was a thread about nala at Debian User Forums. IMO its only purpose is to be prettier. As it is a front-end for apt and uses Python, I very much doubt it is faster. Still, if you like pretty... Â I mean, apt is prettier and more informative than apt-get so I always use apt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 https://christitus.com/stop-using-apt/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 interesting tool that I'll keep my eye on....and maybe experiment with in a VM. But I sure wouldn't want to seek help on a Debian forum after an issue with Nala update/upgrade. If it isn't in the Debian repos, you've made your system a "FrankenDebian" and you're likely on your own after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 It's in Debian testing and sid repos now so should be included in Bookworm when that is released as stable, in a year or so. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 What I found nice was the fetch command which sorts the mirrors for you to give the fastest download speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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