Re: Local .deb mirror / apt-move

[Albert Dengg <a_d@gmx.at>]

Hi
well...
you could set up apt-proxy (apt-proxy.sf.net)...
just be aware that it has sometimes painfully long waiting times but otherwise it works for me


yours,
Albert

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:55:19 -0700
Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> wrote:

> Anyway to have apt-get check another URL first for a package before
> downloading?
> 
> To avoid downloading packages on setting up a new machine I've actually just
> scp'ed /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb to the new machine from a machine
> that already has been setup.
> 
> I'm wondering if there's anyway I can just set my internal web server to point to
> /var/cache/apt/archives and have apt-get check there first before
> fetching the package.
> 
> For example, before fetching apache_1.3.28-1_i386.deb from a source
> listed in my sources.list, it first tries something like:
> 
>     http://somelocalmachine/debian/apache_1.3.28-1_i386.deb
> 
> apt-move seems more involved than I need -- after all I can still just
> use my old way to scp the .debs to where I need them.  And I don't
> really want to setup a mirror, just a cache.
> 
> Of course apt-move seems to have some nice features, such as only .debs
> of installed packages around.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@hank.org
> 
> 
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Albert Dengg <a_d@gmx.at>