Common storage for adept_manager

[Derek Broughton]

Antonio Pérez wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 6:27 PM, John Pierce <john.j35 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I would like to have all of the packages downloaded to my local nfs
>> share and then
>> allow all of the machines to look there for the updated packages.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Give an eye to apt-cacher. This was my solution and I'm very happy with
> it.
> 
> http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher
>
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/01/08/save-bandwidth-during-updates-with-apt-cacher-ubuntu-610/

I use apt-move, as I've been mentioning in a current thread on ubuntu-users. 
There are many similar applications.  However, a quick glance at apt-cacher
looks like a slightly better alternative.  I access my apt-move repository
through Apache, whereas apt-cacher runs its own server - that's no big deal
if you're already running Apache, but a clear win for apt-cacher otherwise. 
My secondary machines all have to point to Ubuntu in case the package they
need isn't on my mirror, whereas apt-cacher simply fetches anything it
doesn't already have.
-- 
derek