There’s been numerous cases where I’ve had to limit the download speed of apt-get. Mostly, I just want to be able to browse/use the internet while also doing some kind of aptitude related function in the background.
Here’s how:
#this will limit the download rate to 25 kb/s for the duration of the session sudo apt-get –o Acquire::http::Dl-limit=25 upgrade #this will limit the download rate to 30 kb/s for the duration of the session sudo apt-get –o Acquire::http::Dl-limit=30 install [package1] [package2] [etc…] |
Simple right?
Enjoy!