[ubuntu-za] apt-cacher

[Stefan Lesicnik]

> I got apt-cacher up and running on my laptop and changed the the
> sources.list files on the new machines to refer to my laptop, e.g.
>
> "deb http://10.0.0.19:3142/za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty main
> restricted"
>
> I also had to change the apt-cacher.conf file to state:
> "offline_mode=1", to prevent it from trying to connect to the
> "non-existing" internet connection when the client machine makes a
> request.
>
> So no the client connects when I run "sudo aptitude update", but first
> of all it seems to ignore all the files on my laptop repository:
>
> Ign http://10.0.0.19 juanty Release.gpg
> Ign http://10.0.0.19 juanty Rranslation-en_ZA
> ...
>
> Then that is followed by errors:
>
> Err http://10.0.0.19 jaunty/main Packages
>   403 Sorry, not allowed to fetch that type of file: Packages
> Err http://10.0.0.19 jaunty/main Sources
>   403 Sorry, not allowed to fetch thta type of file: Sources

Heys,

Im not exactly sure what you have got, but I have the following:

Firstly, i would say use apt-cacher-ng (seems to be later and worked
alot better for me)

apt-cacher - Caching proxy for Debian package and source files
apt-cacher-ng - Caching proxy for distribution of software packages

Once it is setup, modify your sources to be something like

deb http://aptcacher.lsd.co.za:3142/za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
karmic universe

where aptcacher.lsd.co.za is the apt-cacher server and 3142 is the default port

Hope this helps somewhat

Stefan