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  • Re: Packages for offline repository

    From Colin Watson@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, October 09, 2025 02:00:02
    On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 07:48:55PM -0400, jcfyrr wrote:
    ?Terminal command to download (clone) the entire Debian package
    repository (contrib, main, non-free-firmware, non-free) for an apt >compatible offline local repository of every Debian package. Only
    including architectures AMD64, ARM64, and all (universal) to include
    those only available as all.deb, as well as any other necessary files.

    ?Terminal command to update the local repository without redownloading >everything.

    debmirror can do this sort of thing.

    ?What will the possible approximate size of the repository be˙ only >including AMD64, ARM64, and all (universal), as well as other necessary >files in the repository if needed.

    https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debmirror/-/blob/master/mirror_size is
    an attempt to tabulate estimates for various combinations that people
    might want to mirror, which I update every six months.

    --
    Colin Watson (he/him) [cjwatson@debian.org]

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  • From jcfyrr@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, October 09, 2025 02:00:02
    ?Terminal command to download (clone) the entire Debian package repository (contrib, main, non-free-firmware, non-free) for an apt compatible offline local repository of every Debian package. Only including architectures AMD64, ARM64, and all (universal) to include those only available as all.deb, as well as any other necessary files.
    ?Terminal command to update the local repository without redownloading everything.
    ?What will the possible approximate size of the repository be˙ only including AMD64, ARM64, and all (universal), as well as other necessary files in the repository if needed.


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