Re: Getting the hang of APT....
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 03:22:04PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Paul E Condon writes:
> > [Apt-cache] operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the
> > Debian repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the
> > packages that you download so that, if you want to download again in
> > order to install on another computer, you already have a copy of the
> > package preserved from the first download.
>
> Apt maintains the cache. Apt-cache merely searches and manipulates it.
> It does not require an Internet connection.
>
Sorry, I was writing too informally. I was referring to apt-cacher.
^
I think there is no doubt that it is better for a newbie to be connected
to the internet than not, which is the point I was trying to make. And
that apt-cacher has little to offer to a single host site.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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