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Sandshark
Apr 11, 2023Sensei
How I got apt update and install to work (with Debian Jessie retired)
OK, so I started off creating my own local Debian repository. Not recommended -- it's a lot of work. But with a lot of Googling and experimenting, I finally got apt to work using an online source. ...
XtheUnknown
May 09, 2023Apprentice
How DO you ensure it downloads to the data and not the root volume?
StephenB
May 09, 2023Guru
XtheUnknown wrote:
How DO you ensure it downloads to the data and not the root volume?
If you are talking about apt-mirror, I just created an apt-mirror share. I put mirror.list in the share root, and ran apt-mirror while in the folder.
Total size is about 200 GB, the OS partition is only 4 GB.
- XtheUnknownMay 09, 2023Apprentice
That didn't work for me - I found my OS partition (directory: var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror) filling up rapidly...
So, I've edited the apt-mirror script (line 103) to specify my desired save location in the base-path configuration variable, which is probably not the best way to do it (I'm not a linux expert), but it seems to work (201GB downloading as I write)...
- StephenBMay 09, 2023Guru
XtheUnknown wrote:
That didn't work for me - I found my OS partition (directory: var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror) filling up rapidly...
So, I've edited the apt-mirror script (line 103) to specify my desired save location in the base-path configuration variable, which is probably not the best way to do it (I'm not a linux expert), but it seems to work (201GB downloading as I write)...
$base_path was already set to /data/apt-mirror - I don't recall doing that, perhaps I did.
- XtheUnknownMay 10, 2023Apprentice
Numpty question I know, but:
Having downloaded the repositories, how do I ensure that the OS knows they are there? My sources.list for example is still pointing at the internet...?
- PaniimSep 08, 2023Aspirant
Thanks for the answer. I have looked at this solution. I would like to apply it to me. But I have never used SSH. I won't take orders. Hope someone can help me with this.
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