apt-proxy problem

kpachopoulos · 02-09-2007, 07:21 AM

Hi,
i installed apt-proxy, created a new partition and mounted it under /var/cache/apt-proxy with "defaults". I then did "apt-get update" and installed some things (on the server). I configured the client PC, tried to do "apt-get update" and stuck waiting for the headers. When i went back to the apt-proxy server, i found no directory structure -in fact nothing!- under /var/cache/apt-proxy. Ideas?

Thanks

m_shroom · 02-25-2007, 12:50 PM

I'm trying to set-up apt-proxy on opensuse 10.2 and had it working for a day or so but it no longer works, but enough of my problems.

It is necessary to pre-seed "/var/cache/apt-proxy/" with the basic directories below it such as "debian","ubuntu",security", etc

kpachopoulos · 02-25-2007, 01:15 PM

apt-cacher is a good/working alternative -i think- to apt-proxy. If a packet doesn't exist in the server, i think, that it is downloaded independently by the clients. This is not good, but i am not also sure if it happens. Can somebody confirm? If this happens, would it be possible to change it and make the server cache all packages instead?

davcefai · 02-25-2007, 03:32 PM

Let me ask the obvious:
On the server, have you made apt-proxy the repository?

Code:

deb http://192.168.2.12:9999/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

I recently installed apt-proxy. I did not need to "seed" the directory. It just worked.

kpachopoulos · 03-01-2007, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nocturna_gr

apt-cacher is a good/working alternative -i think- to apt-proxy. If a packet doesn't exist in the server, i think, that it is downloaded independently by the clients. This is not good, but i am not also sure if it happens. Can somebody confirm? If this happens, would it be possible to change it and make the server cache all packages instead?

Today, i found out it isn't downloaded independently by the client -fortunately...