On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Arjun S R <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tue, May 24, 2011 at 14:31, Abhinay Mehrotra <[email protected]> > wrote: > > friends i want to have my own local repository on my disk for offline > > updates so can i know the procidure for that.. > I think for you only 80 GB of space is needed. > First format a > partition with size of 80 GB [prefered ext4] filesystem. > Separate partition is not needed.. You can install it in any folder.. Search on duckduckgo/google - "Howtoforge + apt-mirror" You will get good tutorial > Then you need to install a perl script called apt-mirror. You need to > configure by setting up its parameters as how it applies to you. Run > the apt-mirror. And schedule a cron job to do weekly sync of your > local repository with the main mirror of the distro. > > Also refer > [1] http://dclug.tux.org/201001/apt-mirror_v0.1.pdf > [2] http://www.howtoforge.com/local_debian_ubuntu_mirror > [3] > http://odzangba.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/use-apt-mirror-to-create-your-own-ubuntu-mirror/ > [4] http://apt-mirror.sourceforge.net/ > -- > Arjun S R > College Of Engineering,Trivandrum > Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/Arjun.S.R > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Arjun_S_R > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
