Re: apt is killing my machine

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On 02/20/08 07:47, Zach wrote:
> Do you know if it's expected for installing packages to take longer
> the more total packages one has installed? In recent months I notice
> sometimes when I install packages (sometimes one, sometimes many) the
> machine will be in nearly unusable state while it read's the package
> database.
>
> Such as just happened:
>
> enetrek:~# apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
> mplayer
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> linux-libc-dev
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/720kB of archives.
> After unpacking 32.8kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
> (Reading database ... << At this point it hung for 20 minutes!
>
> << It then proceeded:
>
> 316137 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 2.6.22-6 (using
> .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.22-6.lenny1_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up linux-libc-dev (2.6.22-6.lenny1) ...
> [ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.0 ]
> File updated: searched for 151 files, found 131
>
> I'm going to start using the time command with apt so I can get some
> hard data. My xload spiked up to near the very top for this entire
> time and then when apt finished it went back down to the bottom. I
> don't know if it is CPU or disk IO or a combination. I wonder if I can
> do anything to optimize apt so it will stop doing this?
>
> My machine is a P3/700MHz.

How much RAM?

apt *definitely* hits a system very hard when installing new software.

Does apt *fail*, or is it just *really* slow?

• -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
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