[plug] apt-cacher
Kev
kdownes at tpg.com.au
Tue Oct 3 15:05:36 WST 2006
Adrian Chadd wrote:
> I run a transparent http cache at home which caches the packages
> files. I then have an NFS export for my debian and ubuntu servers
> (one for each) which they can then dump packages onto.
>
> This seems to do the job quite nicely!
>
> What does apt-proxy/apt-cacher give you over that?
>
Apt-cacher keeps all of your cached packages in a repository format.
So, if you're running several similar machines on a LAN, you simply
point their package managers at the apt-cacher respository. So, the
server probably, has apt-cacher installed. All updates or other
packages are downloaded into the server (apt-cacher). This means that
you only have to download packages once from the world, and all machines
within the LAN can use the internal repository for their updates etc.
It works-a-treat :-)
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