Configure zypper to download packages with metalinks (meta4)

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#1

Evening forum.

I have zypper 1.6.18 and aria2c 1.14.0 and was wondering if its possible to get zypper, when downloading rpm’s, to use the metalinks provided in the opensuse repository (if available).

I have done…

export ZYPP_ARIA2C=1
zypper refresh
zypper in <packages>

…but noticed that when I download using just “aria2c -M http://software.opensuse.org/package.rpm.meta4” my download speed is increased. I don’t get the same speeds when enabling the previous variable and running zypper to download the packages.

Not sure what else I need to change.

I noticed that in the /var/cache/zypp dir there is a file called aria2.stats - Here’s a snippet:

…
…
host=distro.ibiblio.org, protocol=http, dl_speed=11097, sc_avg_speed=11097, mc_avg_speed=0, last_updated=1327125033, counter=1, status=OK
host=download.opensuse.org, protocol=http, dl_speed=16323, sc_avg_speed=17521, mc_avg_speed=0, last_updated=1327128603, counter=32, status=OK
host=ftp.esat.net, protocol=http, dl_speed=8948, sc_avg_speed=8948, mc_avg_speed=0, last_updated=1327128475, counter=1, status=OK
host=ftp.heanet.ie, protocol=http, dl_speed=797, sc_avg_speed=797, mc_avg_speed=0, last_updated=1327128463, counter=1, status=OK
host=ftp.nux.ipb.pt, protocol=http, dl_speed=1581, sc_avg_speed=1581, mc_avg_speed=0, last_updated=1327128622, counter=1, status=OK
…
…

Downloading via metalinks allows me to get the full potential of my slow speed internet @ 60KB/sec.

#2

On 2012-01-21 09:26, saultdon wrote:
>
> Evening forum.
>
> I have zypper 1.6.18 and aria2c 1.14.0 and was wondering if its
> possible to get zypper, when downloading rpm’s, to use the metalinks
> provided in the opensuse repository (if available).

Hold on. My understanding is that zypper does this by default. At least,
this is what the devs said some time ago, but the errors do not match this.
And they dropped aria2c as downloader to something else. You can see in the
logs what they actually use, I think.

>
> I have done…
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> export ZYPP_ARIA2C=1
> zypper refresh
> zypper in <packages>
> --------------------
>
>
> …but noticed that when I download using just “aria2c -M
> http://software.opensuse.org/package.rpm.meta4” my download speed is
> increased. I don’t get the same speeds when enabling the previous
> variable and running zypper to download the packages.

Interesting.

This is a question to ask the zypper devs. You could try the standard
opensuse mail list, and if no answer, the factory mail list. I don’t know
offhand if there is a zypper list, perhaps.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

#3

Thanks for the info, I’ll continue to ask around on the mailing lists.