Slow download speed
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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/@CostasBal 9 minutes instead of 9 hours. Thank you!
BTW, this works with MaintenanceTool.exe as well. -
@CostasBal 9 minutes instead of 9 hours. Thank you!
BTW, this works with MaintenanceTool.exe as well.@Ave-Maria yes. I tested it but i forgot to reply here! :)
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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/@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... -
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@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...@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.
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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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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.
@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?
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@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?
@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 ...
Director R&D, The Qt Company
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@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 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
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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.
@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 pyside6is your friend :)
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@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 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.
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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/@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!
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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/@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
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@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
@csab6597 said in Slow download speed:
No need to use the old Repo Chooser anymore
Correct.
You cannot use the old Qt SDK Repo Chooser anymore as it does not work with the latest installer. Fortunately, Qt SDK Repo Chooser is no longer needed because the latest installer lets you select a mirror via a console argument.
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@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
@csab6597 Well, apparently mirrors are not alyways complete. Tried different european mirrors, got
Error transferring https://ftp.fau.de/qtproject//qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/desktop/qt6_652_insighttracker/qt.qt6.652.examples.qtinsighttracker/6.5.2-0-202307080351tqtc-qtinsighttracker-examples-6.5.2.7z.sha1 - server replied: Not Found
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@csab6597 Well, apparently mirrors are not alyways complete. Tried different european mirrors, got
Error transferring https://ftp.fau.de/qtproject//qtsdkrepository/windows_x86/desktop/qt6_652_insighttracker/qt.qt6.652.examples.qtinsighttracker/6.5.2-0-202307080351tqtc-qtinsighttracker-examples-6.5.2.7z.sha1 - server replied: Not Found
@csab6597 Googling that error I found https://forum.qt.io/topic/146776/qt-online-installer-file-not-found from 5 days ago. For me also Installer version 4.6.0 didn't work, so I tried version 4.5.1 and it worked (found it from my downloads folder, I don't know how to get older versions from the website)
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@csab6597 Googling that error I found https://forum.qt.io/topic/146776/qt-online-installer-file-not-found from 5 days ago. For me also Installer version 4.6.0 didn't work, so I tried version 4.5.1 and it worked (found it from my downloads folder, I don't know how to get older versions from the website)
@Jique said in Slow download speed:
I don't know how to get older versions from the website
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Fast forward 2025, it's the same - below 100KB woke speed. The joker who mocked the guy who asked this genuine question taunting on his/her internet speed read here - my browser is downloading data from other sources at 90 - 120 Mbps effective speed and this sucker installation isn't going over 100Kb. Assuming that joker was getting good download speed at installation, means either they are releasing full bandwidth only for some privileged geographies OR they have extremely poor infrastructure even after 7 years.
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Fast forward 2025, it's the same - below 100KB woke speed. The joker who mocked the guy who asked this genuine question taunting on his/her internet speed read here - my browser is downloading data from other sources at 90 - 120 Mbps effective speed and this sucker installation isn't going over 100Kb. Assuming that joker was getting good download speed at installation, means either they are releasing full bandwidth only for some privileged geographies OR they have extremely poor infrastructure even after 7 years.
@Bhagwate Try another mirror, see https://wiki.qt.io/Online_Installer_4.x
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I just found a workaround. You can download the offline installer using Google Colab. It downloads incredibly fast. Then you can copy the offline installer to your google drive and download from there. From here it depends on your internet speed
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Found the solution , go to this URL: https://download.qt.io/static/mirrorlist/ and copy link ( HTTP) and launch your installer with your installer location --mirror [URL copied ]
example for india : & '.\qt-online-installer-windows-x64-4.9.0.exe' --mirror https://mirror.ossplanet.net/qtproject/
