apt-get update running very slow

I have a fresh Kali Installation of 2016.1. I have the following in my sources.list

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

When I run apt-get update I get the following output:

Hit:1 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Get:2 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main i386 Packages [13.5 MB]
...

It works but the speed is very very slow in bytes per second. As far as I remember I didn't chose any mirror nor during the installation neither now. It's a fresh install. So, why is it so slow? I had 2.0 sana earlier and in that the update was very very fast.

Please help!

Change HTTP to REPO in your sources list

leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

instead of:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

use:
deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

make sure you have fast internet connection

mine is working well with the default sources.list

I have the same problem and I have a great internet connection that gives 1-2 mbps download speed

The solution that inkbird posted solved my problem. Im now getting 7mb/s. I was getting just kb/s. Thanks!!

Thanks men it is working perfectly. I got nice speed as previously i'm getting.

inkbird's fix worked for me. Getting 10 mbps now :)

http://http.kali.org/kali redirects you to the mirror which is the closest to you.

http://repo.kali.org/kali is the official repo server of kali linux so it is supposed to be the fastest among mirrors. I think mirrors are volunteers and they go up and down and sometimes slow with time.

you can test with: apt-fast

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Originally Posted by ghost-287

you can test with: apt-fast

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Is it working for you?

cool! it worked for me.I have a connection of 4Mbps but I was getting only 25Kbps...It sucks

It is working for me too now! However I am just new to Linux Kali.... and earlier my source list contained some sites for some Taiwan.... and after running apt-get update command and rebooted the system the whole system was damaged and I was not able to see the Linux coming.... I reinstallled the same and tried to figure out what went wrong and came to know about source list.... after changing lot of times it was showing same taiwan thing again and again.... then I used the above posted http://repo.kali.org/kali.... Just have this question is it safe now?

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Originally Posted by mehrajwani712

It is working for me too now! However I am just new to Linux Kali.... and earlier my source list contained some sites for some Taiwan.... and after running apt-get update command and rebooted the system the whole system was damaged and I was not able to see the Linux coming.... I reinstallled the same and tried to figure out what went wrong and came to know about source list.... after changing lot of times it was showing same taiwan thing again and again.... then I used the above posted http://repo.kali.org/kali.... Just have this question is it safe now?

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There should only be one entry of repository in your sources.list. Multiple entries or duplicate entries can make kali crash again. The repository shown in this thread is official kali repo. Make sure that all other links in your sources.list are commented out using #.

The one from taiwan is the kali linux mirror set up by volunteers. Mirrors are closest to your geographical region and they reduce latency.

repo.kali.org was working absolutely fine for me. But for the last week or two, it prompts that its forbidden. So I edited my sources.lst file to http.kali.org and I am back to slow upgrades :( Am I the only one facing this ?

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Originally Posted by Anonymous4Ever

repo.kali.org was working absolutely fine for me. But for the last week or two, it prompts that its forbidden. So I edited my sources.lst file to http.kali.org and I am back to slow upgrades :( Am I the only one facing this ?

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Switch to repo.kali.org again.

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Originally Posted by _defalt

Switch to repo.kali.org again.

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I have been trying daily. But no success no far. repo not working. It throws error "403 Forbidden [IP: 144.217.77.182 80]". I am quite sure there is no firewall on my network preventing me reaching repo as i have tried from two different networks.

I'd work my way down this list:

http://http.kali.org/README.mirrorlist

and go with the fastest.

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Originally Posted by inkbird

Change HTTP to REPO in your sources list

leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

instead of:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

use:
deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

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Bro I tried that but when I run apt-get upgrade after that it still seems to be pretty slow (40kb/s)...😐

UPDATE 1:

When I do this there seems to be no installation at all.
It shows that I've got 0 packages installed.
What may I do?

UPDATE 2:
If none of those tricks work like it did to me do this...

Change the http part in "http://http.kali.org/kali"
to "https://http.kali.org/kali"

earlier it was working fine, but now it is showing
error 403 Forbidden

Select a mirror from here and keep the fastest one.

http://http.kali.org/README.mirrorlist

Comment other entries before adding a mirror. There should only be one repository active at a time.

apt update && apt full-upgrade
Err:1 http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease
403 Forbidden
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://repo.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRelease 403 Forbidden
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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Originally Posted by inkbird

Change HTTP to REPO in your sources list

leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

instead of:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

use:
deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

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Hello,
as per your instruction i followed procedure but it shows error like this..
ading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://repo.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 144.217.77.182 80]
E: The repository 'http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


so what will be the problem??

Repo doesnt seem to work after one of the latest update.
The urls 'HTTP' and 'REPO' are the original repositories and it redirects you to the nearest mirror from your geographical location and so most of the time it's busy,
You can manually override it by using on of the mirror's link directly.

https://github.com/LeN0/mirrorscript
you're welcome

leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

Remove everything and past the following line

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

Save and quit then

apt-get update

hope this will work

Add a nameserver to /etc/resolv.conf. and use https instead of http. Look over my answer at Quora.https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-fix-t...eed-is-in-kB-s.
Hope that helps

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Originally Posted by Cybo_Freak

Bro I tried that but when I run apt-get upgrade after that it still seems to be pretty slow (40kb/s)...😐

UPDATE 1:

When I do this there seems to be no installation at all.
It shows that I've got 0 packages installed.
What may I do?

UPDATE 2:
If none of those tricks work like it did to me do this...

Change the http part in "http://http.kali.org/kali"
to "https://http.kali.org/kali"

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Noice worked perfect for me ...

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

Hey,
I changed http to repo. But after I entered sudo apt-get upgrade in terminal I got the following:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

So I changed it back to http and now its upgrading but its really slow.

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Originally Posted by heisenberg98

Hey,
I changed http to repo. But after I entered sudo apt-get upgrade in terminal I got the following:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

So I changed it back to http and now its upgrading but its really slow.

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So there is no problem with that, everything 0 comes when you have nothing outdated, everything you need is already there
unless if you feel like there is something wrong, missing, then I suggest manually replacing mirros instead of replacing http with repo or https

Visit this

http://http.kali.org/README.mirrorlist

it will suggest you mirrors, check with what mirror you are using from the terminal
there will be Hit:1 http and some names to website

replace that names to website to what you see in the link above other than what you are already using

You just need to replace everything before the kali-rolling including space

I replaced mine from

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

to

deb http://mirror.neostrada.nl/kali

and left the " Kali-rolling...bla bla bla" as it is

you can also check which mirror will give you more speed, by browsing each mirror, and downloading any .gz archive with XDMAN | XDM

http://xdman.sourceforge.net/

get XDM from there

go inside dists/kali-rolling/ of any mirror, download "contents....gz" whatever file you want, just make sure it's big enough to measure your speed, and which ever mirror gives you the most speed, set it in your source.list

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Originally Posted by Jayanta

Repo doesnt seem to work after one of the latest update.
The urls 'HTTP' and 'REPO' are the original repositories and it redirects you to the nearest mirror from your geographical location and so most of the time it's busy,
You can manually override it by using on of the mirror's link directly.

https://github.com/LeN0/mirrorscript
you're welcome

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At first I was only getting 5Kb/s speed.:( Then I used this too. It was great.:D It automatically tests the connection to the servers and sorts them. We just need to type 'update'.
Now it updates <1Mb/s speed.:cool:
Try it..

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Originally Posted by lostkid

Add a nameserver to /etc/resolv.conf. and use https instead of http. Look over my answer at Quora.https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-fix-t...eed-is-in-kB-s.
Hope that helps

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Thank you so much for the post. No easy explaination on the forum but on Quora. Thanks a lot. Working perfectly fine :)

Same problem is in my case. Usually when downloading packages or updating them the speed is very slow in bytes but when surfing or downloading from browsers the speed is usually in MB's. Just in case I tried on various fast internet networks but result was same.

When I tried your method and typed apt-get upgrade it shows -


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.





QUOTE=inkbird;58493]Change HTTP to REPO in your sources list

leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

instead of:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free

use:
deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free[/QUOTE]