On Wednesday 21 July 2004 15:37, Steve Glines wrote: > I am building an install lab (i386) that is intended to mimic a full > network install. I'd like to mirror just enough to give a student the > experience of having installed Debian without mirroring everything. > > The lab has to be disconnected from the Internet except for periodic > upgrades. Can anyone help me? I don't have room for a full mirror.
apt-cacher suits the bill perfectly. debian:~# apt-cache show apt-cacher Package: apt-cacher Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 192 Maintainer: Jonathan Oxer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 0.7-2 Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-16), wget, apache | apache-ssl | apache2, bzip2 Filename: pool/main/a/apt-cacher/apt-cacher_0.7-2_all.deb Size: 27570 MD5sum: bc490a3f159955f2f8fb42404dd80f16 Description: Caching system for .deb packages Apt-cacher performs caching of .deb packages which have been downloaded by local users. When a package is requested, the cache checks whether it already has the latest version, in which case it sends the package to the user immediately. If not, it downloads the package while streaming it to the user at the same time. A local copy is then kept for use by other users. Thus, you'll only download the installation files once, and then everyone else can use the locally mirrored .debs for subsequent installations. Nothing extra than what you need will be downloaded! And: (from the apt-cacher man page) THE MOST FAQ IN HISTORY: Q: Can I just copy some .debs into the cache dir and have it work? A: Yes! No! Almost! Apt-cacher stores debs in the cache dir with the HTTP headers prepended and relies on them when sending to clients. It also uses a little flag file to keep track of which packages are completely downloaded. If you copy .debs straight in and don't fix those things up, fetching them *will* fail. However, Apt-cacher now comes with an import helper script to make things easier. Just put a bunch of .debs into /var/cache/apt-cacher/import (or a directory called 'import' inside whatever you've set your cache dir to be, and run /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-import.pl. The script will run through all the .debs it finds in that dir and set them up for you in the cache. Good luck -A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
