Software Repository Mirror

Creating the Software Repository

sources.list

The file /etc/apt/sources.list tells apt-get where to look for software packages to install.

We will want to have two versions of the sources.list file. One that will use the hard drive (sources.list.harddrive) and one that will use the internet (sources.list.internet). You will need to create a file /etc/apt/sources.list.harddrive

sources.list.internet

The default ubuntu installation assumes that you are connected to the interent. So we will simply copy the existing /etc/apt/sources.list to sources.list.internet

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.internet

sources.list.hardrive

We now need to create a version of the sources.list that will use the hard drive. When I plug in my harddrive, you can see it under /media/8fcb2505-9f03-49eb-bc8d-687c3c285195 so I will need to use this in the following:

echo "deb file://'/media/8fcb2505-9f03-49eb-bc8d-687c3c285195/'" `lsb_release -cs` "main universe " | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.harddrive

Using the Software Repository

sources.list

deb file:/usb_drive/ubuntuMirror/mirror oneiric main