Have a look at the apt-proxy package - seems to do exactly what you want. (apt-cache show apt-proxy . or apt-proxy.sourceforge.net) Cheers, -Thom * Erik Steffl (steffl@bigfoot.com) wrote : > I have two computers at home with dial-up internet access. I have > debian installed on one of them and will install debian on the other > one. They will use lot of same packages (but not exactly the same ones). > Is it possible to use one of them as sort of apt-get cache so that the > common packages are downloaded only once? The way I see it is: one > computer works as it used to, the other one is set so that it first > tries to get package from the first one, if it's not there only then it > goes out to the 'net and downloads that package... or something like > that... > > both computers are same architecture (i386) and will use same distro > (testing). > > also, does it make sense to share some parts of distro? I can see that > I wouldn't want to share /etc but what about /usr? > > erik > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Attachment:
pgpj8fl35Y7Sd.pgp
Description: PGP signature