Jim Cheetham wrote:
On May 16, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Rik Tindall wrote:
How do I find & setup my Ubuntu packages, with a transfer from one computer to another? A new, local apt repository at the recieving end?
You might try copying deb files from /var/cache/apt/archive - that's where they're downloaded to, iirc.
There are some apt- tools that will automatically set up a local repository from your downloaded packages (things like apt-proxy? I think) but that may be over the top.
I have some SMB shares working (sort of) - is there another Export method I should be using?
Samba working with Unix Extensions on is currently 'the right thing' - although not many people have set it up, the Samba team recommend this over all alternatives. ssh (and thence scp) is very good at ad-hoc file transfers, but within a local LAN it adds encryption overhead that really is a little wasteful.
-jim
how is that better than nfs?
Steve
