On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:11:37 +0000 "Russell L. Harris" <russ...@rlharris.org> wrote:
> root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl daemon-reload > root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl restart approx > Failed to restart approx.service: Unit approx.service not found. > root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl status approx > Unit approx.service could not be found. > root@mollydew:/home/rlh# Well, that's weird. I installed approx on a Debian 12 machine, and got the same results you did. However: root@tsalmoth:~# ll /lib/systemd/system/approx* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165 Feb 12 2023 '/lib/systemd/system/approx@.service' -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167 Feb 12 2023 /lib/systemd/system/approx.socket root@tsalmoth:~# systemctl status approx.service Unit approx.service could not be found. root@tsalmoth:~# systemctl status approx.socket ● approx.socket - caching proxy server for Debian archive files Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/approx.socket; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: active (listening) since Wed 2023-11-15 21:48:27 MST; 1min 47s ago Docs: man:approx(8) Listen: [::]:9999 (Stream) Accepted: 0; Connected: 0; Tasks: 0 (limit: 4469) Memory: 8.0K CPU: 642us CGroup: /system.slice/approx.socket Nov 15 21:48:27 tsalmoth systemd[1]: Listening on approx.socket - caching proxy server for Debian archive files. root@tsalmoth:~# So it seems to be running. I made a minimal effort get get it to work with no success. You may have better luck than I. One thing I didn't like is that approx appears to require fiddling with sources.list. apt-cacher-ng simply requires setting a proxy value, in its own file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d. E.g.: root@hawk:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy Acquire::http::Proxy "http://aptcacher.localdomain:3142"; root@hawk:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/