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?
1 Answer
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.
-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.