Tag Archives: packages

approx: Package caching for Ubuntu (and Debian) lovers

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Jeff Waugh

If you have quite a few Debian or Ubuntu machines and you want an easy way to share and speed up package downloads — or reduce your bandwidth consumption — then approx is for you! It’s incredibly easy to set … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged approx, apt, apt-get, cache, Debian, launchpad, packages, ppa, proxy, Ubuntu | 12 Comments

Understanding the Ubuntu package repositories

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Jeff Waugh

During a thread about daylight savings confusion here in Sydney, Martin Barry asked the SLUG list why updates to Ubuntu packages go into a separate “updates” repository. John Ferlito suggested that I blog my answer… I’ve never understood the ${ubuntu_release}-updates … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Debian, packages, SLUG, Ubuntu | 10 Comments