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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 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.
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)...
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.
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...?
XtheUnknown wrote:
My sources.list for example is still pointing at the internet...?
You'd have to change that.
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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