How to use apt-p2p For Faster Upgrades From Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) to Jaunty (9.04)

April 13, 2009 ・ Package Mgmt ・ Email This Post

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If you want to upgrade From Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) to Jaunty (9.04) use this tutorial for faster upgrades.We are going to use apt-p2p for this tutorial.apt-p2p is a p2p proxy for apt dowloads, it will act as a proxy between apt requests and a repository server, downloading any request files from peers (if possible), else will fallback to direct HTTP download. In general, apt-p2p save bandwidth, use limited cpu and memory resources and reduce congestion on the ubuntu mirrors.apt-p2p will get the request files from peers, therefore, it will avoid the congestion on the ubuntu mirrors.

Note:- This is only for advanced users this might break your system

Note: This is still a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in 23rd April 2009.

apt-p2p features

• Downloads from peers, increasing the available bandwidth to the user

• Reduces the bandwidth requirements needed to setup a repository of packages

• Seamlessly integrates with the current APT tool

• Automatically falls back to downloading from an HTTP mirror when peers are not available

• Builds on other already existing tools where possible

• Fast and requires limited CPU and memory

• Will try to download any file it can find a hash for from peers (including Packages.bz2, Sources.gz, …)

Install apt-p2p in ubuntu

sudo aptitude install apt-p2p

This will complete the installation.

Configuring apt-p2p

First you need to take a backup of your source list

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

Edit sources.list file

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add "localhost:9977? after the "http://" save and exit the file

deb http://localhost:9977/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://localhost:9977/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb http://localhost:9977/*mirror-address*/ubuntu/ intrepid main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://localhost:9977/*mirror-address*/ubuntu/ intrepid main universe restricted multiverse

So basically just insert "localhost:9977″ after the "http://" and where **mirror-address** is the address of the mirror

Now remove the cache files using the following command

sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt-p2p/cache/*

Update the source list file using the following command

sudo apt-get update

Start upgrade from Interpid to Jaunty

sudo update-manager -d

If you want to Check peers, downloads and uploads speed and DHT statistics Open Internet browser,

go to http://localhost:9977