edit to my comment above - apt-get clean doesn't actually solve this
problem. I was seeing a speed-up simply due to the database being in the
hard drive cache :(
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"Reading Database" takes too long
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398870
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For me, this solved the problem:
apt-get clean
This basically deletes all the downloaded ".deb" files (which are no
longer needed after they have been installed), which has the added
advantage of freeing up some disk space.
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"Reading Database" takes too long
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/39
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mayavi
mayavi 1.5-4 needs python2.4. This should be added as a dependency for
the package. Gutsy comes with python2.5, and mayavi fails to install.
** Affects: mayavi (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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mayavi needs python2.4
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