Slow download speed

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.
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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 :)

JonB

@kkoehne said in Slow download speed:

Yes. Commercial customers are served via Amazon AWS.

So I don't know why @Jorge-Escobar is complaining about "And they expect people to pay for it?", if he is paying for a commercial licence he should use that.

Milkiananas

@CostasBal
Also works on macOS, in which case pull out .app and from the terminal:
./qt-unified-macOS-x64-4.6.0-online.app/Contents/MacOS/qt-unified-macOS-x64-4.6.0-online --mirror https://qt-mirror.dannhauer.de/

Finish installation in minutes! Great job!

csab6597

@CostasBal Currently also experiencing horrible download speeds

But nowadays we can just use the Qt installer with an option to select the mirror. On Windows it is .\MaintenanceTool.exe --mirror https://somemirror.com (with one address from https://download.qt.io/static/mirrorlist/)

No need to use the old Repo Chooser anymore