> > *<p>Updating your APT cache may be necessary, especially if it's been a > while since doing so. If you're getting errors relating to using APT. This > may very well be why.</p>* >
Better ? ;) On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:36 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > *It's not in local ram, it's on disk...* >> > > Ok, so looks like I have my "facts" confused with perhaps something else. > As far as the cache goes. Still, run apt-get update before you use apt to > install something. Especially if you use it very seldom. > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote: >> > My problem is that I don't understand how putting the apt cache in RAM >> is beneficial if what you're trying to do is avoid flash writes. If you're >> updating the cache, then you're also intending to install or upgrade >> software, which will write to flash. If it's in RAM and not persisted, >> forcing you to do an update each time you do an install or upgrade, how >> does this prevent writing to flash? >> >> It's not in local ram, it's on disk... >> >> When you run "apt-get update" a local cache database is created, this >> database can become out of date.. Especially if your running >> testing/unstable. For stable (wheezy) it's not really an issue, >> unless you have someone like me pushing kernel and bb.org package >> updates to the repo. >> >> For official images, i "clear" out this local apt cache, to 1: save >> space, 2: it can be months out of date.. ;) >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Robert Nelson >> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
