On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 11:05, Göran Broström <goran.brost...@umu.se> wrote:
> Background: > > We have a computer lab with two ubuntu 18.04 machines (and lots of > windows computers) and I am searching for a convenient way to keep the > machines up-to-date regarding R in the first place, but also ubuntu > itself. The problem is that the lab is isolated from the internet. > > Some versions of ubuntu ago I had success with apt-mirror and apt-get > for the OS, but now I cannot get it to work. In my search for help on > the internet I have come to the conclusion that there is something wrong > with apt-mirror nowadays. > Yours is a common use-case, but "I cannot get it to work" doesn't help anyone understand what is broken. Since apt-cache is available as an 18.04 package, you should report the bug to Ubuntu maintainers. > Question: > > What is the best and simplest way to keep the ubuntu machines up-to-date > regarding OS and R with the apt/apt-get approach? Alternatives to > apt-mirror? > > Thanks, Göran > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > -- George N. White III [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian