[ubuntu-za] apt-cacher

Charl Wentzel charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za
Tue Sep 29 12:15:09 BST 2009


On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 11:56 +0200, David Rubin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Stefan Lesicnik <stefan at lsd.co.za>
> wrote:
>         Firstly, i would say use apt-cacher-ng (seems to be later and
>         worked
>         alot better for me)
> 
> Like  Stefan suggested use apt-cacher-ng.
> 
> Also I would rather use a config setting to tell apt to use your
> caching server instead of updating all your urls manually (If you are
> on a laptop this can be a mission to disable/re-enable)
> 

Thanks guys!  I got it working.

I must say that apt-cacher-ng was far "nicer" to use.  I've also read
that apt-cacher is no longer supported, so apt-cacher-ng seems to be the
better option in general.

Regards
Charl




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