John S. Skogtvedt wrote: > For those who don't know, apt-cacher is an APT proxy, e.g. a HTTP proxy > intended for Debian packages. > It is one of n APT proxies in the archive, but benefits include being > easy to set up, the ability to be used as a proxy (rather than having to > specify it as a mirror) and having the possibility to import packages > from a previously installed system. > > 1) > Install apt-cacher, i.e. aptitude install apt-cacher > > 2) > Configure apt-cacher, unless you have an upstream HTTP proxy or you want > to restrict access to apt-cacher, you only need to make the following > change to /etc/apt-cacher/apt-cacher.conf: > > Find the index_files_regexp line, uncomment it and add |\.key|\.msg > before the closing parenthesis, e.g.: > index_files_regexp = (?:Index|Packages\.gz| ... > |Translation-.+\.bz2|\.key|\.msg)$ > > This is necessary because the installer downloads a .key and a .msg file > using the proxy. Apt-cacher is only intended to be used as an APT proxy, > and so rejects non-APT URLs. > > 3) > Boot the netinstall CD. Choose the menu option you want, but don't press > enter; instead press TAB and then add the text > "mirror/http/proxy=http://10.0.2.2:3142/"; to the kernel command line. > Now press enter. > The installer will boot and use your apt-cacher proxy. > > Substitute 10.0.2.2 for the IP of your apt-cacher proxy. > >
Perhaps you would like to add this to the http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/NetinstallWithAptCacher wikipage ? :) Ronny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
