Comments on: Saving Bandwidth With Apt-Cacher : Revisited http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christer Edwards http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-10292 Christer Edwards Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:30:33 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-10292 Glad to hear it Mark! Glad to hear it Mark!

]]> By: Mark Waters http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-10289 Mark Waters Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:41:01 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-10289 I'd like to thank both Christer for the article and Brian for his comments. I got apt-cacher-ng installed last night for our small network and its working perfectly saving us bandwidth and time. Good work guys! Mark Waters I’d like to thank both Christer for the article and Brian for his comments.

I got apt-cacher-ng installed last night for our small network and its working perfectly saving us bandwidth and time.

Good work guys!
Mark Waters

]]> By: guh http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-7756 guh Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:52:31 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-7756 You save my live sir. Thank you! You save my live sir. Thank you!

]]> By: Ivan http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-6003 Ivan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:05:40 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-6003 Also, if you change sources.list, sudo apt-get update is required. Also, if you change sources.list, sudo apt-get update is required.

]]> By: Brian http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-4363 Brian Mon, 05 May 2008 01:10:27 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-4363 You may also want to try apt-cacher-ng. http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt-cacher-ng "It was redesigned from scratch and is written in C++ with main focus on maximizing throughput with low requirements on system resources." You may also want to try apt-cacher-ng.

http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt-cacher-ng

“It was redesigned from scratch and is written in C++ with main focus on maximizing throughput with low requirements on system resources.”

]]> By: Thorne http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-2561 Thorne Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:25:58 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-2561 Well I need some info about this apt-cacher. I have dapper (lts) and feisty and guttsy. how can I set it up to use this "apt-cacher". Do i i use different sub directory's for each of have them all going in the same directory?? I would very much like to use this program for my repository cache but just don't know how to set it up to use it. can anyone please help... Well I need some info about this apt-cacher.
I have dapper (lts) and feisty and guttsy. how can I set it up to use this “apt-cacher”. Do i i use different sub directory’s for each of have them all going in the same directory??
I would very much like to use this program for my repository cache but just don’t know how to set it up to use it. can anyone please help…

]]> By: Richard http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-2559 Richard Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:44:03 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-2559 The key line to put in a file under /etc/apt/apt.conf.d is: Acquire::http::Proxy "http://cache-host:3142"; The key line to put in a file under /etc/apt/apt.conf.d is:

Acquire::http::Proxy “http://cache-host:3142″;

]]> By: Richard http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-2560 Richard Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:42:19 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-2560 I really recommend not changing the sources.list in all the clients, but simply putting this into the relevant /etc/apt/apt.conf.d file - I used 90apt-proxy-local. See http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher-p2 for the line to put in this file, and some other good tips such as how to migrate packages already in the APT cache into the apt-cacher cache. I really recommend not changing the sources.list in all the clients, but simply putting this into the relevant /etc/apt/apt.conf.d file – I used 90apt-proxy-local. See http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher-p2 for the line to put in this file, and some other good tips such as how to migrate packages already in the APT cache into the apt-cacher cache.

]]> By: Karl Bowden http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-2557 Karl Bowden Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:03:05 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-2557 Hey Christer, I would also recommend approx. It seems the approx and apt-cacher do almost exactly that same thing and setup of approx was very much the same except the domain is defined in the approx setup file instead of on the client sources.list. The only advantage I had with this is that when one of the mirrors I was using started timing out, I simply changed the mirror name in approx.conf, restarted approx and then all of the machines using it as it's source were still functioning as normal. Karl Hey Christer,
I would also recommend approx.
It seems the approx and apt-cacher do almost exactly that same thing and setup of approx was very much the same except the domain is defined in the approx setup file instead of on the client sources.list.
The only advantage I had with this is that when one of the mirrors I was using started timing out, I simply changed the mirror name in approx.conf, restarted approx and then all of the machines using it as it’s source were still functioning as normal.

Karl

]]> By: Soren Stoutner http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/03/saving-bandwidth-with-apt-cacher-revisited/#comment-2556 Soren Stoutner Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:16:06 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=459#comment-2556 Mr Troll, When it comes to something as important as package management, I prefer to not have my computers automatically doing anything, especially selecting new repositories. Perhaps having that functionality automated would be nice, but it should never be enabled by default. The setup here is truly not that difficult and basically involves 1) installing the apt-cacher package, 2) turning it on, and 3) pointing the other boxes to it. That's exactly how it should be. Now, if you want to make the argument that there should be a nice little gui for the process that shows you all the options and automatically scans for available cache servers on the network and provides them in a list that you can choose from, that is all well and good (as long as you are offering to write the gui yourself). But please don't try to make the computer smarter than I am and do a bunch of dumb things because it is trying to "help" me. I work on networks for a living and get paid a whole bunch of money to fix those exact types of problems in other operating systems. Mr Troll,

When it comes to something as important as package management, I prefer to not have my computers automatically doing anything, especially selecting new repositories. Perhaps having that functionality automated would be nice, but it should never be enabled by default. The setup here is truly not that difficult and basically involves 1) installing the apt-cacher package, 2) turning it on, and 3) pointing the other boxes to it. That’s exactly how it should be.

Now, if you want to make the argument that there should be a nice little gui for the process that shows you all the options and automatically scans for available cache servers on the network and provides them in a list that you can choose from, that is all well and good (as long as you are offering to write the gui yourself). But please don’t try to make the computer smarter than I am and do a bunch of dumb things because it is trying to “help” me. I work on networks for a living and get paid a whole bunch of money to fix those exact types of problems in other operating systems.

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