Getting files from a debian/ubuntu mirror
I have LAN access to an Ubuntu mirror at Akl uni and I'd like to copy all the Dapper packages (incl multiverse and universe) onto my laptop so I can install it on other PCs at home. For Breezy I just copied the whole thing (11.4Gb), since the mirror was new and that's all that was there but I expect that it will have more than doubled in size now and I won't have HD space for it. Is there a way to copy only the package files for a specified version? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz
For Breezy I just copied the whole thing (11.4Gb), since the mirror was new and that's all that was there but I expect that it will have more than doubled in size now and I won't have HD space for it.
Is there a way to copy only the package files for a specified version?
Check out apt-mirror: http://apt-mirror.sourceforge.net/ Craig
Craig Box wrote:
For Breezy I just copied the whole thing (11.4Gb), since the mirror was new and that's all that was there but I expect that it will have more than doubled in size now and I won't have HD space for it.
Is there a way to copy only the package files for a specified version?
Check out apt-mirror: http://apt-mirror.sourceforge.net/
Thanks Craig, that did the trick. One thing was a bit odd though, it didn't get everything the first time I ran it and I had to run it about 10 times, each time it got a bit more of the repository. I'm pleased to report that for the first time ever (in about 8 eight years of Linux usage) the upgrade went completely without a hitch. Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz
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