On 07/26/2010 02:28 PM, Sagar Belure <sagar.bel...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, apt-cacher* is just cache server.
But, I have to install it *individually* on two different systems for 32
and 64 bit systems.
Not sure what you mean by install it individually. You just install
apt-cacher-ng `apt-get install apt-cacher-ng` on a single machine, and
on each of the client machines you just create a file named 01proxy in
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d having
Acquire::http { Proxy "http://xx.xx.xx.xx:3142";; };
where xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP of the machine on which apt-cacher-ng is
installed. That's all. You can also do the same on the apt-cacher-ng
machine also.
On each client machine then run `apt-get update` and you're done. It
doesn't matter it's 32bit or 64bit. Of course the firewall should be
opened on apt-cacher-ng machine for tcp port 3142.
Did you see any message mentioning 32bit and 64bit there?
Like in Windows, WSUS caches the packages for almost all Windows product
updates, doesn't matter if it's 32 or 64 bit, doesn't even matter if
updates are for XP or Vista or Win7.
So, all I'm asking if it's possible to achieve same kind of
functionality in Ubuntu too?
Yes, these caching servers do just that. Irrespective of the
architecture or even the distribution & version (atleast Ubuntu/Debian
based).
Or do you want to have a complete ubuntu mirror on your machine? I don't
think that would be a good idea.
[1]http://www.ubuntugeek.com/apt-cacher-ng-http-download-proxy-for-software-packages.html
It's too complicated a setup in the link above. Also, the writer is
importing packages from /var/cache/apt/archives to prevent downloading
them again - this is just for the first time. You may not need it at all.
Regards
Vivek Kapoor
http://exain.com
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