[plug] how to add a package cache for debian/ubuntu

[William Kenworthy]

Instead of squid, use http-replicator which apparently works with debian
- I use it with gentoo.  Works well, including through vpn's and a chain
of replicators (remote site with a local replicator pointing to another
one through a vpn).  Can handle multiple clients trying to access the
same file while its being downloaded into the cache.  Has tools (on
gentoo at least) to manage the cache.

BillK


On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 23:55 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> * NFS sharing works fine, but disable the auto-trimming or your cache
>   will stay at ~ 100 meg;
> * there's an apt-cache of some sort out there!
> * configure all the servers to use the same HTTP repository and point
>   them all through Squid!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Adrian
> (Who has done 1 and 3..)
> 
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008, Mike Holland wrote:
> > good morning, I was wondering:
> > How do you arrange for apt-get to look in a local directory for .deb 
> > files, to reduce downloads?
> >   Two examples:
> > - updating when another machine on the LAN has already updated, and has 
> > most of the /deb files we need in its /var/cache/apt/archives
> > - I want to install mythbuntu-desktop, and have an ISO of the mythbuntu 
> > distro.
> > 
> > I found that just copying all the .debs from one machine to another's 
> > /var/cache/apt/archives seems to work, but whats the proper way?
> > 
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