[SPEED UPGRADE] enable sudo "nala install" instead of "apt install"

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Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):

Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):

When installing most apt packages, pop shop is very slow.

Issue/Bug Description:

Very slow.

Steps to reproduce (if you know):

Expected behavior:

Other Notes:

Nala will speed things up tremendously, and is much cleaner ... a long due updgrade.

https://gitlab.com/volian/nala

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https://linuxiac.com/nala-apt-command-frontend/

-parallel downloads -better package management ...

[leviport]

Nala is merely a CLI frontend, so presumably Pop Shop would use whatever Nala is using in the background, if this idea were explored further.

[mmstick]

They made a Rust library for interfacing with libapt: https://gitlab.com/volian/rust-apt

But this project is written in Vala and uses packagekit rather than apt.

[Areopagitics]

Nala is merely a CLI frontend, so presumably Pop Shop would use whatever Nala is using in the background, if this idea were explored further.

would be very nice if someone got this to work ... I notice a huge speed increase when using Nala vs the Pop Shop

[cyrneko]

The reason that Nala is faster than pure apt or the pop!_shop is due to parallel downloads.

This is something that can be implemented without having to use Nala as a standalone feature of the Pop!_Shop.

[mmstick]

The appcenter doesn't interface with apt directly, but packagekit because it operates on appstream metadata rather than package metadata.