On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:32:19 +0200 <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > 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).
I sit corrected. Thank you. > 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. And that is how it should be done. Maybe d-i is in need of a bug report. I'll look into that. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
