Questions tagged [apt-cache]

A tool available in Debian-based systems to query APT cache for information related to packages.

A tool available in Debian-based systems like Debian and Ubuntu to query APT cache for information related to packages. Most common usage is to search for available packages by adding 'search' and provide package name (full or partial) to look it up.

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Are apt-cache depends/rdepends always inverse

Does it make sense that apt-cache depends/rdepends are not always inverse to each other? For instance, I have a host where apt-cache rdepends liblognorm1 lists these reverse dependencies: rsyslog liblognorm-dev, but apt-cache depends rsyslog does…

debian apt apt-cache

asked Apr 03 '18 at 15:00

rookie099

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Mirroring apt repository over ssh

We have a apt repository running to distribute upgrades for our software. The repository is accessed over ssh and a public key authentication: deb ssh://repo.server.com/dist stable As the download connection from Europe to America is really slow, I…

debian apt repository apt-cache apt-mirror

asked May 07 '14 at 23:49

Kevin Goedecke

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Apt-Cacher for all ubuntu version.. Is it possible.?

Presently I have apt-mirror for 10.04,11.04,11.10,12.04 versions of Ubuntu. After reading Apt-Cacher thought of implementing it. Before doing it, do I need to put apt-cacher for all the above mentioned versions of Ubuntu or I can put one single…

ubuntu apt-cache apt-mirror

asked Apr 24 '14 at 11:19

Caterpillar

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