Copy .deb files from separate dir to /var/cache/apt/archives

[OOzy Pal]

What an informative thread. Thank you all guys/gals.

I got more than what I asked for :) which is nice.


On 10/30/06, Art Edwards <edwardsa at icantbelieveimdoingthis.com> wrote:
> Thilo Six wrote:
> > OOzy Pal wrote the following on 28.10.2006 20:01:
> >> How can I copy a bunch of .deb files from multiple directories to
> >> /var/cache/apt/archives in one shot to avoid downloading again.
> >
> > e.g. ones i copied the debs from the alternate cd to
> > /var/cache/apt/archives. I used:
> >
> > sudo cp -v /media/cdrom/pool/*/*/*/*deb /var/cache/apt/archives/
> >
> > bye Thilo
> >
> >
> I think that may mess up your archive. The deb's will be there, but
> unless they are installed using a tool such as apt or aptitude, you can
> only deal with them through dpkg.
>
> There is a very nice tool called apt-cacher that creates a cache that
> other local machines can pull from. Also, you can copy all the debs you
> want to register into /var/cache/apt-cacher/import and use a perl script
> apt-cacher-import.pl that comes with apt-cacher to then register them in
> your archive. You have to point your sources at the archive. This is all
>  explained very nicely in the man page for apt-cacher (probably the
> nicest man page I've seen. It includes a FAQ.) Note that you can point
> the machine to its own apt-cacher archive first and then out to the
> external repositories. I have used this to install two other edgy boxes
> and it was about 5-10 times faster.
>
> Art Edwards
>
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