Pacman version 6 is shipped with parallel downloads support – Here’s how to enable it in Arch Linux and its variants

The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux. It is fast, easy-to-use, and powerful package manager. Pacman is the default package manager for Arch Linux and its variants like EndeavourOS, and Manjaro Linux .

The latest pacman version is 6.0. The major change for this release is the implementation of parallel downloads. Yes, this feature downloads multiple files at the same time!

For instance, if you install something that need 4 dependencies, all files are downloaded in parallel by the same pacman instance, rather than one after the other.

See https://ostechnix.com/enable-parallel-downloading-in-pacman-in-arch-linux/

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