Richard Owlett wrote: > All my machines have use Stretch DVD1 for installation. > I have a low monthly data cap - currently at my limit. > One machine has an apt-get update and upgrade with the addition of some > packages not on DVD1. > I've not intentionally deleted any cached files. > Is it possible to use the cached data on another machine? > What should I be reading? > TIA
i keep it simple. anytime i download a package which ends up in /var/cache/apt/archives i make a copy of it to an external device. from then on any time i need it i can copy it back without having to redownload it. i also make sure that my configuration for apt includes the flag for keeping things and not getting rid of them unless i explicitly request it. i set this right after the base system install. APT::Clean-Installed "false"; once i have the system installed and any downloaded packages backed up to the external device then i manually run the following once in a while (after copying any new ones to my backup). # apt-get autoclean i used to run on dialup and hated how long it took for some things to download. the package debdelta did help some at that time, but i have no idea if the service is even still there let alone functional. songbird
