On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote: > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > > number of times [...]
> To solve this problem, I use apt-proxy-ng on my firewall. It improves > response times considerably once a package is in its cache. That would be apt-cacher-ng (or approx). That said -- yes, I do use apt-cacher-ng (especially when experimenting with VM installations and images for small things (RPis and their ilk). > I also install auto-apt-proxy to automate finding proxies. Two > thoughts, though. > > * If you use your own DNS server, have a CNAME apt-proxy for the > caching machine. > > * The netinst installer, d-i, will let you use a local cache. Do so. But > if you do, d-i adds a configuration line to /etc/apt/apt.conf to point > to the proxy. This may interfere with auto-apt-proxy, so I remove it. I actually set the Acquire::http[s]::proxy thing in some /etc/apt/apt.conf.d file manually (and throw that away once done). For me, it turned out to be the most hassle-free option. Cheers -- t
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