Questions tagged [apt-cache]
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what packages does an `apt` source.list provide?
Is there a way to tell what packages are provided by an /etc/apt/sources.list* entry?
I see that apt-cache policy '*' lists all packages provided by all sources, which could be parsed, but that's... ...
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apt fails for debian jessie when going via apt-cacher-ng
When using a direct connection:
root@cc90861af3e4:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# apt-get update
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Ign http://deb.debian.org jessie InRelease ...
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How to run apt-cacher-ng behind a proxy?
I can not find, in the apt-cacher-ng documentation, how to configure the proxy settings.
Is it possible to run apt-cacher-ng behind a proxy? How?
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Debian: find repository from which a package has been installed
On a legacy Debian machine with plenty of differents sources repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, I want to find, for every installed package, from which repo it has been installed.
I want to ...
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Is apt-cacher-ng ready for multiplatform support?
I have a Wandboard running Debian Jessie at home (it's an ARM Cortex-A9). A 3TB HD is attached to it. It's mainly my NAS + Remote Access, but I would like to use it as a caching mirror for apt. (I've ...
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Finding base packages with APT?
This has been bugging me for a while now. If I want to install the xfce desktop environment for example, I can use apt-cache search xfce - but this gives me 500 results, when all im looking for is ...
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Debian: escape spaces in APT pin
I'm running Debian Wheezy on a Raspberry Pi and want to have both the Raspbian repo at http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ (for the OS) and the RPi Foundation repo at http://archive....
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How to get codename ("wheezy" or "sid") of a package version?
apt-cache show shows various versions of the package
# apt-cache show libc6:i386
Package: libc6
Version: 2.17-97
Architecture: i386
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Package: libc6
Status: install ok installed
Version: 2.17-7
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How to configure apt-cacher for ftp
A few days ago i set up an apt-cache server. The clients are configured to use it as a proxy. This is necessary because we usually use ftp (and i also feals "cleaner"). So my apt.conf looks like this:
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Listing packages in a repositiory?
I'm working on Ubuntu 12.04 Server. I want to install OpenStack, so I enabled the Cloud Archive repo:
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:havana
After the subsequent update and upgrade, I noticed ...
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How to use apt-cache server in ubuntu 12.04?
I have tried this Apt-cache server on ubuntu 10.10, and it worked.
But, now i'm using ubuntu 12.04 and all tutorial inside that page not working for me :
Ign http://136.198.117.4 precise/main ...
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