Re: Why is installing software....so....darn....slow?

Randy Brick MacKenna <randymackenna@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sep 28, 8:43 pm, Peter K=F6hlmann <peter.koehlm...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Randy Brick MacKenna wrote:
I'm new to Linux and to openSUSE. One thing I noticed is that anytime
I download a RPM, it takes next to forever to install.

First, it spends about 5-10 minutes "resolving dependencies". Then it
spends another 5 minutes "preparing software". Then it installs the
software, sitting at 0% completion for another 5-10 minutes -- and
finally jumping to 99% completion, where it will usually sit for
another few minutes until it finally completes.

I mean, compared to a WinXP system, where downloading a .exe self-
installer and waiting about 10 seconds for it to complete, this is
excruciating.

I'm not installing complex stuff, either. Simple utilities, for
example. It seems that everything takes at least 15-20 minutes to
complete.

Is this normal?

No, it is not.
You are off by a factor of about 100
--
Another name for a Windows tutorial is crash course

I should also mention -- when I download/execute an RPM file, the
"software installer" tool is invoked (which is part of YaST, I am
assuming?)

I have not tried using a bash command to invoke the install of the
RPM, maybe I should do that instead?

There is also this "zen software" daemon thing running, which is part
of all of this, I think? -- could that be contributing to the overall
slowness of installing software?

I'd really like to figure out how to speed this installing software
process up. I can only install a couple of things an evening,
otherwise I run out of time just waiting for the thing to finish (!)

Thanks,
Randy


Actually this sounds like one of my machines ( and intel 686 32 bit system)
which also took forever, and it required a bios reflash. Ie, there was some
bios problem in its interaction with Linux.

.

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