[plug] apt-cacher

[Patrick Coleman]

On 10/3/06, Steve McLevie <groupsmcl at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have experience in getting apt-cacher working (1.5.3)
>
> I am running an up-to-date Debian 'testing' on a P4.
>
> It seems to download and store packages but other machines don't get them.
>
> Unable to bind socket (port 3142), trying again in 5 seconds.
> Unable to bind socket (port 3142), /usr/sbin/apt-cacher not started.
>
> It would seem to be similar to
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330234
>
> Anyway, any help is appreciated.

I've never tried apt-cacher, but I do use apt-proxy quite a lot. Its
pretty easy to get going, so it might be worth a look.

Cheers,

Patrick


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