Slow snap build on Ubuntu Core device
Alan Pope
alan.pope at canonical.com
Tue Jan 10 15:40:24 UTC 2017
On 10 January 2017 at 15:28, XiaoGuo Liu <xiaoguo.liu at canonical.com> wrote:
> Currently, I am try to build armhf snap on Raspberry Pi device. I find that
> the build process is extremely slow, and sometimes, it shows that it will
> take more than 1 hour to get it down. I cannot set up the VPN on the device
> for now. May I know whether there is any way to change the source of the
> download on the board?
>
For archive packages being slow (as you have) I use apt-cacher-ng on
my laptop. It caches the debs making snapcraft builds much faster.
https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/
Alternatively, push it to launchpad and build there?
https://kyrofa.com/posts/building-your-snap-on-device-there-s-a-better-way
Cheers,
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Alan Pope
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