Mirroring i386 locally

[David Collett]

I ended up using debmirror, here is the command I used:

debmirror -p --nosource --host=mirror.pacific.net.au
--root=linux/ubuntu --method=http --dist=warty --arch=i386
--section=main,multiverse,restricted,universe /opt/ubuntu_pacific/

This will get all i386 packages from all sections (main, multiverse,
restricted and universe), but no source packages of the "warty"
distibution from the mirror "mirror.pacific.net.au" and create a
mirror in the local directory /opt/ubuntu_pacific.

This ends up being about 8GB of data. Now you can add a line in you
sources.list like this:

deb file:///opt/ubuntu_pacific warty main multiverse restricted universe

I'm sure there are other ways too, look at debian docs, as ubuntu is
just debian (as far as repositories/packages go).

Dave

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:56:39 -0500, Romeyn Prescott
<prescor at digirom.potsdam.edu> wrote:
> We tasked a student assistant with developing a local RPM repository
> in order to update our server infrastructure:
> 
> http://torque.sourceforge.net/about.html
> 
> It'd be nice to be able to do something similar with apt.  We
> currently mirror the RPMS for RH8 up to FC3, as well as some custom
> channels of our own.
> 
> Someone mentioned bandwidth...what's worse: one location downloading
> "everything" to their local repository and having all of their
> servers update from THAT, or just pointing all of their servers at a
> "central", 'net-based repository at the same time?
> 
> ..ROMeyn
> 
> At 10:18 AM -0500 11/25/04, s.deleeuw scribbled:
> 
> 
> >I have the same problem! I want to download Warty's main/restricted
> >packages and burn them to DVD, so I can use them on PC's without
> >internet connection. I wrote a small script for this. Take a look at:
> >
> >http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=6060
> >
> >The next step is to create a repository from the packages. I will start
> >reading some APT howto's later this week. Any suggestions?
> >
> >Sander
> >
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