Re: Why is installing software....so....darn....slow?
- From: Vlad_Inhaler <andrew.williams@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:45:32 -0700
On Sep 29, 2:04 am, Randy Brick MacKenna <randymacke...@xxxxxxxxx>
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?
-Randy
I am running 10.1 with enough memory, a really slow processor and zmd.
My figures are not quite as bad as yours but software updates are
pretty turgid.
Most of the time I simply do not care - unless the package in question
is the kernel or something which is liable to break when a new version
is being installed, I simply let the system get on with things in the
background.
Far more annoying to me is that zmd grabs the processor *every* *time*
I boot up, screwing me if I want to do something which needs lots of
processor. It is like extending the boot process by 10-15 minutes
every time. At least the simple things work during that time.
Roll on 10.3, I hope it supports my hardware. If it does not then
I'll have to finally kill zmd myself.
.
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