On Sunday 28 Sep 2008, Aniruddha wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 21:03 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > If you have the .deb files in the cache (/var/cache/apt/archives) then > > you can try to install the .deb files directly using the "dpkg -i" > > command. You can also do something like > > > > sudo apt-get install package=version > > > > if the package is available in the cache (or in some other repository). > > The problem is that when you need an package that you haven't installed > before, the package it isn't in cache (the same goes for a fresh testing > install). Moreover an accidental apt clean could easily wipe out your > careful build up cache. > > 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. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
