Tutorial: Install apt-fast

Ubuntu users can install the latest stable apt-fast from its official PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apt-fast/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-fast

When installing apt-fast in Ubuntu via its PPA, the package asks you if you want to use aptitude or apt-get, what download manager to use (axel or aria2c). If, later on, you want to change some of the apt-fast options, use the following command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure apt-fast

aria2c is the download tool recommended by the apt-fast developers, mostly because it supports resuming downloads.

For other Linux distributions, you can download apt-fast from GitHub.