Slow download speed

[kenchan]

@User-Name Get a better internet connection :-) or, download the offline package?
here

[User Name]

I have better internet connection, but QT installer use only 30-50KB speed.

[jsulm]

@User-Name Take a look at this thread: https://forum.qt.io/topic/43349/slow-downloads-with-the-online-installer-try-this-tool

[User Name]

Yes, this tool http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/JKSH/QtSdkRepoChooser/blob/master/doc/index.html
increases the speed by 500%, why does Qt Installer not use this method?

[jsulm]

@User-Name The problem is not the installer itself. The problem is that some mirrors, from where the installer gets the data, are slow (for what ever reason). As far as I know it is planed to integrate a functionality into the installer to easily select another mirror.

[smersh2]

Download speed for offline packages is not much better

[kenchan]

@smersh2 Same thing I suppose, you have to fine the fastest mirror site relative to you? I happen to have a good one I guess.

[bibinvnair]

If you dont want to go through complex fixes, just wait, usually it gets faster after sometime

[Hitek]

i am in Viet Nam. i used this mirror: ftp.jaist.ac.jp
speed was full.

[Suraj Giri]

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[CostasBal]

Good evening to all.
I tried to install it myself and it was taking days. Now just a few minutes!

I created a shortcut of the executable file by adding a parameter. I chose a mirror from Europe.
...\qt-unified-windows-x64-4.6.0-online.exe --mirror https://qt-mirror.dannhauer.de/
Select mirrors from here: https://download.qt.io/static/mirrorlist/

[Ave Maria]

@CostasBal 9 minutes instead of 9 hours. Thank you!
BTW, this works with MaintenanceTool.exe as well.

[CostasBal]

@Ave-Maria yes. I tested it but i forgot to reply here! :)

[cauefelipe1]

@CostasBal Thank you blessed person.
But it's ridiculous that the installer cannot provide a way to choose the mirror or even keep switching and hook to the faster one...

[SGaist]

@cauefelipe1 you can change the mirror from the command line. There's also a ticket that has been opened to make it easier to do it from the UI.

[Jorge Escobar]

Their download speeds are a joke.
And they expect people to pay for it? It's been 2 hours already and I'm not even on 10%

I was looking for an alternative to tkinter, but now I get what "simple" meant on tkninter's description.

Just pass on this, the forums don't allow you to store pictures? what a joke. It's 2023 people.

[JonB]

@Jorge-Escobar said in Slow download speed:

And they expect people to pay for it?

I truly don't know: if you pay for a commercial license is there not a faster download available to you?

[kkoehne]

@JonB said in Slow download speed:

if you pay for a commercial license is there not a faster download available to you?

Yes. Commercial customers are served via Amazon AWS. For open source users, we're relying on a network of servers: https://download.qt.io/static/mirrorlist/. Typically the speed are OK there, but it happens that some servers just get slow, and then the list need to be tweaked ...

[kkoehne]

@kkoehne If you administer a server yourself, or know an organization who would volunteer to set up a mirror, let us know ! https://wiki.qt.io/Mirror_howto

[kkoehne]

@Jorge-Escobar said in Slow download speed:

I was looking for an alternative to tkinter, but now I get what "simple" meant on tkninter's description.

This sounds like you're interested in just the python bindings. Then actually

pip install pyside6

is your friend :)