Recently I successfully created\u00a0 a Linux Mint local repo server. Below are the steps\u00a0 to create and sync the repo server.<\/p>\n
Create a Linux mint server with Static IP \/ DNS\u00a0 and with\u00a0 at least 150 GB disk space<\/strong>.\u00a0 There are lots of tutorials on that, I won’t go through the steps.<\/p>\n Install apache webserver and apt mirror packages<\/p>\n Now, create a directory to save all packages. I’m\u00a0calling it\u00a0 \u201c\/repo\u201d.<\/p>\n Edit the apt-mirrors configuration file . The ones highlighted in bold are changed. If you want you can replace the complete file with the one below.<\/p>\n Since this repo will serve both 32bit and 64bit machines, I’ve explicitly mentioned the repos for both.<\/p>\n Sync the repo. Download time will depend on the internet speed.<\/p>\n The output will be like this<\/p>\n To automatically sync in the background, enable the cronjob.\u00a0 To do so, edit the file below.<\/p>\n Remove # from the line in bold, save and exit.<\/p>\n This step is very important.<\/strong> Make sure you do this change. Change the Document Root to \/var\/www in apache config file.<\/p>\n Once done, restart the apache server and check the status<\/p>\n Once all the packages are downloaded link the repo folders to apache webserver. Use simple names so that its easy to remember when troubleshooting.<\/p>\n You should be able to view the repos from the web browser if you do http:\/\/ip.of.web.server\/ubuntu.<\/p>\n That’s all. Server is setup. Now, lets add the files to the mint client.<\/p>\nStep 2<\/h4>\n
sudo apt install apache2\u00a0apt-mirror<\/code><\/p>\nStep 3<\/h4>\n
sudo mkdir \/repo<\/code><\/p>\nStep 4<\/h4>\n
sudo nano \/etc\/apt\/mirror.list<\/code><\/p>\n ############# config ##################\r\n #\r\n # set base_path \/var\/spool\/apt-mirror\r\n #\r\n # set mirror_path $base_path\/mirror\r\n # set skel_path $base_path\/skel\r\n # set var_path $base_path\/var\r\n # set cleanscript $var_path\/clean.sh\r\n # set defaultarch <running host architecture>\r\n # set postmirror_script $var_path\/postmirror.sh\r\n # set run_postmirror 0\r\n set base_path \/repo<\/strong>\r\n set nthreads 20\r\n set _tilde 0\r\n #\r\n ############# end config ##############\r\n\r\ndeb-amd64 http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse\r\ndeb-amd64 http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse\r\ndeb-amd64 http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse\r\n\r\ndeb-i386 http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse\r\ndeb-i386 http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse\r\ndeb-i386 http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse<\/strong>\r\n\r\nclean http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\r\n\r\ndeb-i386 http:\/\/packages.linuxmint.com\/ sonya main upstream import\r\ndeb-amd64 http:\/\/packages.linuxmint.com\/ sonya main upstream import<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Step 5<\/h4>\n
sudo apt-mirror<\/code><\/p>\nDownloading 354 index files using 20 threads...
\nBegin time: Wed Nov 29 13:25:21 2017
\n[20]... [19]... [18]... [17]... [16]... [15]... [14]... [13]... [12]... [11]... [10]... [9]... [8]... [7]... [6]... [5]... [4]... [3]... [2]... [1]... [0]...
\nEnd time: Wed Nov 29 13:29:27 2017<\/code><\/p>\nStep 6<\/h4>\n
sudo nano \/etc\/cron.d\/apt-mirror<\/code><\/p>\n#\r\n# Regular cron jobs for the apt-mirror package\r\n#\r\n0 4 * * * apt-mirror \/usr\/bin\/apt-mirror > \/var\/spool\/apt-mirror\/var\/cron.log\r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Step 7<\/h4>\n
\/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/000-default.conf<\/code><\/p>\nservice apache2 restart
\nservice apache2 status<\/code><\/p>\nservice apache2 status\r\n\u25cf apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server\r\n Loaded: loaded (\/etc\/init.d\/apache2; bad; vendor preset: enabled)\r\n Drop-In: \/lib\/systemd\/system\/apache2.service.d\r\n \u2514\u2500apache2-systemd.conf\r\n Active: active (running) since Wed 2017-11-29 13:03:48 IST; 3s ago\r\n Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)\r\n Process: 24829 ExecStop=\/etc\/init.d\/apache2 stop (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\r\n Process: 20682 ExecReload=\/etc\/init.d\/apache2 reload (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\r\n Process: 24852 ExecStart=\/etc\/init.d\/apache2 start (code=exited, status=0\/SUCCESS)\r\n CGroup: \/system.slice\/apache2.service\r\n \u251c\u250024869 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start\r\n \u251c\u250024872 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start\r\n \u2514\u250024873 \/usr\/sbin\/apache2 -k start<\/pre>\n
Step 8<\/h4>\n
cd \/var\/www<\/code><\/p>\nln -s \/repo\/mirror\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\/ ubuntu
\nln -s \/repo\/mirror\/packages.linuxmint.com\/ mint
\nln -s \/repo\/mirror\/security.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\/ security
\nln -s \/repo\/mirror\/archive.canonical.com\/ubuntu\/ archives<\/code><\/p>\nClient side setup<\/h2>\n