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Asked: 2013-09-15 02:02:43 +0800 CST

How to share packages with other ubuntu systems?

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I have a host Ubuntu 13.10 system in which I am installing packages via apt-get install

Now there are many virtual machines which run on top of this host machine.

I want these virtual machines to install from already downloaded packages by the host machine and skip going to the internet first to save my time.

I know I can create a local apt-mirror and copy a full Ubuntu repo to my host machine, but I don't want all of those packages.

I want to share only which I need and I want to download only once in my host machine.

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  1. Best Answer

    I used to do this with apt-cacher.

    It allowed a network of Ubuntu machines to get their updates from a local server, thus simultaneously saving external bandwidth and speeding updates/installs. In your case you'd set the software sources of the VM guests to point at the apt-cacher proxy server, possibly running on the VM host.

    Haven't used it for a couple of years, though, so don't know if it still works. Good luck!

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