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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0006534Kali LinuxKali Package Improvementpublic2020-06-29 15:052021-06-02 10:12
Reporternavilg Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionopen 
Product Version2020.2 
Summary0006534: Slow OS installation when using internet
Description

While installing OS, when installation happens on internet, Download from mirror is very slow by default and calculation shows it may take around 10 to 18 hours to complete installation.

After offline installation,
We need to perform below steps to improve the speed,

  1. Install apt-transport-https package
  2. Update/Install ca-certificate package
  3. Make below small change in /etc/apt/sources.list

Replace
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

with
deb https://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

After performing above steps/changes, Update and download speed increase by significant amount (Around 10 to 30 times).

If apt-transport-https package is available by default in offline package and source.list file is having the updated mirror link, Online Installation time will reduce by significant amount.

Steps To Reproduce

Tested in Bharat (India), with mirror kali.org/kali

  1. After offline install, Try to install a large package using apt update && apt install <package-name>
  2. Monitor the speed.
  3. Perform the steps mentioned in Description.
  4. Again install the same package using apt update && apt install <package-name>
  5. Notice the change in speed.
Additional Information

Kali Version: 2020.2a

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g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2021-06-02 10:12

administrator   ~0014675

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.
Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?
If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-06-29 15:05 navilg New Issue
2021-06-02 10:12 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0014675
2021-06-02 10:12 g0tmi1k Status new => closed