Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
Robert L. Harris wrote: I'm looking at upgrading to potato. I'm doing the apt-get -d dist-upgrade currently since it looks like it'll take 1day and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then just apt-get install from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend a full week downloading the same files multiple times... If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded, and set up a web/ftp/NFS server to make the mirror available to the other boxes. Then when you upgrade the other boxes, add box #1 to their /etc/apt/sources.list as the *first* (or only) source. Disclaimer: it works for me. Frank
Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote: If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded, and set up a web/ftp/NFS server to make the mirror available to the other boxes. Then when you upgrade the other boxes, add box #1 to their /etc/apt/sources.list as the *first* (or only) source. ouldn't you manually copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/whateverthehellitis or mount the original box's /var/cache/apt/ dir via nfs? -- Ben Lutgens (resume available at http://contractor.computerwork.com/index.cfm?blutgens) There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
Ben Lutgens wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote: If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded, and set up a web/ftp/NFS server to make the mirror available to the other boxes. Then when you upgrade the other boxes, add box #1 to their /etc/apt/sources.list as the *first* (or only) source. ouldn't you manually copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/whateverthehellitis or mount the original box's /var/cache/apt/ dir via nfs? Since you are couching that as a question, I assume you haven't actually tried to do it that way. And my answer would be: I don't know. If you ever try it, let us all know how it goes. I do know that apt-move does the job, without me needing to rummage about in the guts of the package management system. Frank -- Please don't CC: me. I read the list.
Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Frank Copeland wrote: Since you are couching that as a question, I assume you haven't actually tried to do it that way. And my answer would be: I don't know. If you ever If you NFS mount /var/cache/apt/archives on all machines APT will magicially do the right thing.. Make sure to use rw,no_root_squash Jason
Download once, apt-get install many?
Ok, I'm looking at upgrading to potato. I'm doing the apt-get -d dist-upgrade currently since it looks like it'll take 1day and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then just apt-get install from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend a full week downloading the same files multiple times... Robert :wq! --- Robert L. Harris| Low quality in a product happens. Senior System Engineer |That doesn't mean it's right and at RnD Consulting.| and defintely doesn't mean it should \_ be accepted. Require quality. http://www.rnd-consulting.com/~nomad DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then just apt-get install from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend Yes - you want to copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives about. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpoIZLGuB7Rl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 03:18:27AM +, Mark Brown wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then just apt-get install from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend Yes - you want to copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives about. Also the contents of /var/state/apt/lists (the Packages files). For installing those copied from another box, the -d wouldn't be used, of course. Bob -- Bob Nielsen, W6SWE (RN2)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ DM42nh QRP-L #1985 http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
Mark Brown said: On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then just apt-get install from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend Yes - you want to copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives about. Or NFS mount it. I have a real /var/cache/apt on my file server which is exported via NFS, so it holds the latest version of packages installed on any of my machines. I still have to apt-get update separately for each box, but that generally doesn't take too long. (I haven't dug into apt far enough to figure out how to make a single apt-get update work for all machines without having to worry about them getting confused about who's got what installed. But most of my updates are to a single machine anyhow, so I would gain little to nothing by doing that anyhow.) -- Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P L++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv- b++ DI D G e* h+ r++ y+
