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Talking about automating apt-get, yum and the like, is there a way to cache frequently downloaded packages on developer machine in the same local network? For

by kaivi 13y ago

Talking about automating apt-get, yum and the like, is there a way to cache frequently downloaded packages on developer machine in the same local network? For instance, I have a bunch of disposable VMs, and I don't want them to download the same gigabytes every time I run init-deploy-test.

unethical_ban 13y ago
apt-mirror creates a full repository, and there's a tool called deb-squid-proxy or some combo of those words that lazily caches packages.
- kaivi 13y ago
  Oh thank you, not even sure how I missed it.
  - jcastro 13y ago
    The server piece is "squid-deb-proxy" and for the clients it's "squid-deb-proxy-client".
ema_rocca 13y ago
You might want to give a try to apt-cacher-ng. apt-get install apt-cacher-ng
- cdjk 13y ago
  I use this - and it's great with my slow internet connection. It's totally transparent, and I only notice it if my vm running it is down. And despite the name, newer versions work with yum too (although I found I had to disable the fastest mirror yum plugin to get reliable caching).