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Aaron Hill
Asked: 2013-01-22 09:39:07 +0800 CST

View progress of a package installation in terminal

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When I am using the Ubuntu Software Updater to install or upgrade packages, I can see a progress bar that shows how much of the installation is complete. When I am using the command line apt-get tool, there is no such progress indicator. Is there a way to easily see the progress of a package installation when using a command line application such as apt-get?

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  1. Best Answer

    I use debconf-apt-progress, which should be included in ubuntu by default. Basic syntax:

    sudo apt-get install <package> | debconf-apt-progress
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  2. I'm sorry but as far as I'm aware there isn't.

    The best you can do is estimate it yourself, from the number of packages, and the number of "Unpacking" and "Setting up" messages you've seen.

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  3. It looks like apt just recently added a progress bar, which isn't enabled by default. See this for details; http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/how-to-enable-apt-terminal-progress-bar

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