Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-06-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 27 mar 19, 08:12:42, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > * apt removes the .deb files that it downloads, after installing them. >apt-get leaves them in /var/cache/. This is configurable, I think. My best guess would be: $ apt-config dump | grep -i keep

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Mar 2019 at 08:12:42 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:01:38AM +1100, David wrote: > > The important differences to be aware of are probably: > > > > apt full-upgrade == apt-get dist-upgrade > > apt upgrade == apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs > > > > In other

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-27 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-27, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 05:09:51PM -, Curt wrote: >> In the time-frame of the cited bug (October, 2015), at least, one thread >> participant opined that the automatic clean-up in apt had yet to be >> "implemented". Has it been done since somewhere? > >

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 05:09:51PM -, Curt wrote: > In the time-frame of the cited bug (October, 2015), at least, one thread > participant opined that the automatic clean-up in apt had yet to be > "implemented". Has it been done since somewhere? wooledg:~$ ls /var/cache/apt/archives/ lock

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-27 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-27, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On 2019.03.27 07:12, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:01:38AM +1100, David wrote: >>> The important differences to be aware of are probably: > > >> Also: >> * apt removes the .deb files that it downloads, after installing them. >>

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-27 Thread rlharris
On 2019.03.27 07:12, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:01:38AM +1100, David wrote: The important differences to be aware of are probably: Also: * apt removes the .deb files that it downloads, after installing them. apt-get leaves them in /var/cache/. This is configurable,

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:01:38AM +1100, David wrote: > The important differences to be aware of are probably: > > apt full-upgrade == apt-get dist-upgrade > apt upgrade == apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs > > In other words, 'apt upgrade' does install new packages. Also: * apt removes the

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-26 Thread David
On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 03:59, wrote: > > I saw Debian documentation which says that "apt" has been revised to > correct errors made when coding "apt-get". But then I saw other > documentation which recommended "apt-get" over "apt". I suppose this > question belongs in another thread... The

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-26 Thread rlharris
On 2019.03.26 03:40, David wrote: On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 14:33, wrote: Would someone kindly point me to (or email me) an example sources.list for machines running Debian-9 (Stretch) in a LAN with an approx server? I have used approx for many releases. But I've never used Synaptic. I

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-26 Thread David
On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 14:33, wrote: > > Would someone kindly point me to (or email me) an example sources.list > for machines running Debian-9 (Stretch) in a LAN with an approx server? > > Following the installation of Stretch on a machine in the LAN, I used > Synaptic to add packages, but

need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

2019-03-25 Thread rlharris
Would someone kindly point me to (or email me) an example sources.list for machines running Debian-9 (Stretch) in a LAN with an approx server? Following the installation of Stretch on a machine in the LAN, I used Synaptic to add packages, but pressing the RELOAD button of Synaptic produces