On Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:10:05 AM UTC+5:30, Bob Proulx wrote: > Igor Sverkos wrote: > > As you can see, it is always the "Unpacking" step which is taking all the > > time. > > dpkg has added fsync() calls after all file actions. This > significantly slows down file operations. Basically it disables the > file system buffer cache causing it to operate at disk drive speeds. > This is why unpacking files is quite a bit slow. > > > Everything seems to be fast. Unpacking kernel sources (tar -xaf > > linux-3.16.6.tar.xz) is no problem. Daily work is no problem. > > But when it comes to apt/aptitude and installing/updating packages, > > the system is very slow. > > > > Any ideas/hints? > > Install 'eatmydata' and use it when installing. > > apt-get install eatmydata > > eatmydata apt-get install stuff...
Neat Thanks for that But I just got while upgrading ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libeatmydata/libeatmydata.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/8d679ebe-97c8-4cbc-9aa2-275eed915...@googlegroups.com
