Re: How do I install older software versions?

[Aniruddha <mailing_list@orange.nl>]

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 01:53 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > > Is it possible to have a local copy of an apt mirror? I have 5 machines
> > > that can sync with a local apt-mirror and that way I can have better
> > > version control.
> > >
> > 
> > I use debmirror to maintain a local mirror of lenny binaries. You need to be 
> > careful about how much you choose to mirror or you'll end up with an 
> > extremely large bandwidth/storage requirement. My local mirror is about 
> > 20GB.
With a 20mbit connection and enough storage om not that worried ;) Do
you happen to know what the difference is between apt-move and
debmirror? 

> Use proxy server such as squid.  Then it saves only ones you downloaded.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server
> 
In what way would that help? I suspect both apt-move and mirror use
incremental updates. That way the bandwith requirements will not be that
much.

Regards,

Aniruddha