Re: How do I install older software versions?
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 07:21:41PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
> 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?
I get 100mbit connection at home via optical connetion these days so bandwidth
is not the point.
It is about saving load to the remote host (a shared resources) which
provide data to everyone. If you have many hosts at home, running cache
service for package deb fies are good idea.
> > 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.
apt-move create local package mirror with packages downloaded to reduce
duplicate download. It seems good but I never bothered.
apt-mirror seems to make subset mirror of archive ... which needs to
require too much attention for casual user like me because it relied on
package name etc.
proxy server just hold all remote data requests made via it. If it is
configured by http reuest time out in right way, you get good copies of
archive without specific package name requirement. I used to use it
while not caching noon deb files. I used to cache just deb files.
Simple policy is the key.
I am running single machine these days so I do not do this.
Osamu
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