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Amala
Asked: 2010-08-19 07:10:50 +0800 CST

Apt-cacher and Apt-proxy

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Does anyone know the differences between apt-proxy and apt-cacher or know of a better package proxy cacher for Ubuntu? I used apt-proxy, but it hangs in weird places and gives me weird errors sometimes. It is written in python, Apt-cacher is Perl but seems to be more stable, but slower on updates. Anyone with other experience?

ubuntu debian

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  1. Best Answer

    Use approx. I had continuous issues with apt-proxy, switching to approx solved all my problems.

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  2. If you read both of these you should be able to figure out the difference.

    apt-proxy

    apt-cacher

    The apt-proxy is used to get packages from a remote machine. The apt-cacher is used to create a local proxy for packages.

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  3. I have used mod-proxy in apache to provide this service in the past. With proxy-cache, it seemed to work better than either of these solutions.

    Squid with a cache may also do. There are the squid-deb-proxy package for caching, with squid-deb-proxy-client for cac autodiscovery of the cache.

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