On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 09:59:41PM +0200, darthcat wrote: > I tried to import the apt cache with approx-import > /var/cache/apt/archive/*.deb > and I simply get the message : "There are no Packages files in the approx > cache. > Please run "apt-get update" first." and /var/cache/approx is empty. > > So I ran "apt-get update" but I get the same message. > I didn't find any Packages file in my computer. > > I get the same result with Jessie, now the old-stable.
Does your sources.list file on the machine on which you ran "apt-get update" use your approx server in its "deb ..." lines? That's what will cause /var/cache/approx to contain the Packages and other files. Sorry if that's not clear in the documentation. It's fine to do an initial "apt-get update" or upgrade against the approx server even when its cache is empty. The apt-import command is optional, in case you already have a lot of .deb files locally. If it *does* already point to your approx server, then please enable debugging (set "$debug true" in /etc/approx/approx.conf), and send the log output from the "apt-get update" run. -- Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u
