Apt-get to retry downloading

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When using wget, -c is used to keep wget retrying to download, usually in the event of an internet interruption. What equivalent of -c can we use for apt-get to keep on retrying even in the case of unstable internet connection which keeps on getting disconnected?

Possible duplicate of How to make a package manager wait if another instance of APT is running? — Nisheet, Jan 23 '17 at 10:59
For wget, -c is used to resume downloads from where they left off. If apt-get is interrupted for any reason, just try it again. For more specific issues, please provide details. Also, check the man pages for wget, apt-get, and apt for the switches available to each. — DK Bose, Jan 23 '17 at 11:18
Related: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure — Elder Geek, Jan 26 '17 at 16:15
@DKBose Yeah except sometimes it doesn't keep everything it downloaded... I was 33% of the way once and when it restarted it went down to 27% — Michael, Jun 12 '22 at 22:43

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited May 19 '22 at 23:11

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From man apt.conf

Retries Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed files the given number of times.

echo 'Acquire::Retries "3";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-retries

Since apt 2.3.2, the default is 3.

edited May 19 '22 at 23:11

Julian Andres Klode

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answered Jan 05 '19 at 03:01

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Apt-get to retry downloading

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