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I am just switching over to arch from ubuntu, which seemed to work much faster with packages. I am not talking about the download speed, I have only one mirror ...
- 09-18-2009 #1Linux Guru
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[SOLVED] pacman unbearably slow
I am just switching over to arch from ubuntu, which seemed to work much faster with packages. I am not talking about the download speed, I have only one mirror in the mirror list uncommented, the speed of the downloads once they start is fine, but there is a large pause between each file that is downloaded, probably 5-10 seconds. Is there any way to remedy it? It adds a ridiculous amount of time to installing gnome.
- 09-19-2009 #2Linux Guru
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Never really needed to adjust things in pacman myself ... but have you looked here?
- 09-19-2009 #3forum.guy
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Have you tried using some different mirrors?
If you are using the default archlinux.org server, that's probably what's causing this issue because it's throttled.oz
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- 09-19-2009 #4Linux Guru
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I recall having a similar issue some time ago...can't remember how I resolved it, but it might have been disabling ipv6.
IPv6 - Disabling the Module - ArchWiki
- 09-19-2009 #5Linux Guru
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Thanks Jonathan183, that page had the solution I was looking for. I installed aria2 and configured pacman to use that instead of its built in downloader, which apparently isn't that great.
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