apt-fast

Installing applications can be easily performed via Ubuntu Software Center, utility that presents the user detailed app-related panels (containing informations, of-origin website, images, video clips, etc), where installing an app is 1-click away.

Nevertheless, while the graphical above-mentioned method is clear, reliable and effective, there are cases demanding apps installed via the terminal (with commands like sudo apt-get install xapp) and/or updating, upgrading, etc, approach fully met by Ubuntu's default apt-get.

Apt-fast is a handy shellscript wrapper for apt-get and aptitude that brings a boost in speed when downloading packages due to its multiple connection per package nature, basically, the users benefit a noticeable speed increase while retaining apt-like functionalities.

Apt-fast is a shellscript wrapper for apt-get or aptitude that brings a noticeable faster download speed (when downloading packages via the terminal) on top of the numerous apt-get like commands, so, basically, apt-fast presents the user the same apt-get functionality with a boost in downloading speed due to apt-fast's multiple connections per package.

Apt-fast is a shellscript wrapper for apt-get that improves one's apt-get download speed by simultaneously downloading packages with multiple connections per package.

Apt-fast provides, basically, apt-get's functionalities with faster download speed, being used in the same manner as apt-get by simply changing get with fast:

• install firefox with apt-get
  

  sudo apt-get install firefox