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Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How?

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On 06/01/2019 05:11 PM, David Wright wrote:
> On Sat 01 Jun 2019 at 09:12:16 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> I suspect I'm running up against two things:
>> 1. Documentation (esp man pages) authors assume *ALL* readers have
>>     the same background they do. I don't. {I was on the other side
>>     ~50 years ago as an Engineering Co-op student writing the
>>     inspection manual for a new oscilloscope ;}
>> 2. Changes in what apt identifies acceptable repositories.
>>
>> I'm reading or re-reading:
>>     https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/index.en.html
>>
>>     https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/index.en.html
>>
>>     https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/apt/apt.8.en.html
>>
>>     https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/apt/apt.8.en.html
>>
>>     https://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt/TufDerivedImprovements
>>
>>     https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/apt/apt-secure.8.en.html
>>
>>     https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/apt/sources.list.5.en.html
>> with special focus on
>>     https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/index.en.html
>>     https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/apt.en.html
>>      "Chapter 6. Maintenance and Updates: The APT Tools"
>>
>> I intend to experiment with modifying files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
>> rather than modifying sources.list. This will require I dedicate a
>> separate machine to the experiment. I will also use that machine to
>> compare stretch to earlier releases.
> 
> If you have multiple machines, then there's a method I haven't seen
> mentioned, which might be worth a try. It doesn't require any unusual
> configuration parameters.
> 
> Install apt-cacher-ng on one of the systems, then copy all the .debs
> into /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/_import and let it place them all into
> a repository. You control the package by pointing your browser at
> http://localhost:3142/acng-report.html on the caching machine, and
> use the cache by inserting into /etc/apt/apt.conf a line like
> Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.1.NNN:3142/"
> depending on your network configuration.
> 

For idiosyncratic reasons I do not have a network.
However, when I purchased the second machine, it was with the intention 
of occasionally erasing the disk for new experiments. IIRC a single 
machine can physically have both a server and a client. More reading to do.

You addresses a related issue, download bandwidth.
My current project is explicitly focused on using installation DVDs, or 
preferably their ISO images, as a 'repository'.

Why that is my goal is long and involved.
Part of my motivation is self-education.
What I want "should just work" <chuckle>
"Why doesn't it?" is my current assignment {essay}.

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Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 14:30 +0200
  Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-31 14:40 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-01 11:40 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-01 17:40 +0200
        Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-01 21:10 +0200
          Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-01 22:00 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-02 13:20 +0200
              Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-02 13:50 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-02 14:10 +0200
              Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-06-03 14:40 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-03 16:10 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-03 17:20 +0200
          Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-02 19:30 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-03 10:30 +0200
  Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-05-31 14:40 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 15:20 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 15:40 +0200
        Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-05-31 16:00 +0200
          Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 16:10 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-05-31 20:40 +0200
              Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-01 16:20 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-02 00:20 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-02 12:50 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-31 21:10 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-05-31 15:40 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-31 21:20 +0200
  Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-06-02 02:10 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-02 13:50 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-06-03 07:10 +0200
        Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-03 14:00 +0200

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