On 2018-10-07, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > All my machines have use Stretch DVD1 for installation. > I have a low monthly data cap - currently at my limit. > One machine has an apt-get update and upgrade with the addition of some > packages not on DVD1. > I've not intentionally deleted any cached files. > Is it possible to use the cached data on another machine? > What should I be reading? > TIA
I gave a perfunctory gander at the following page. https://www.pcsuggest.com/reuse-deb-files-to-install-software-in-many-offline-machine/ I found the "echo 'Acquire::Languages "none";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99no-translation" tip of particular interest (actually that's not how he does it but the result is the same). This apparently avoids the downloading of the supernumerary Translation files which only those living on the Babel Tower really have a pressing need for. I'm reading that you won't have long descriptions (with apt-cache?) with this parameter toggled on. man apt.conf Languages section for details (which I'm too stupid to really grasp entirely but whatever). -- "Now she understood that Anna could not have been in lilac, and that her charm was just that she always stood out against her attire, that her dress could never be noticeable on her." Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
