Linux User Group Uganda

If you are running a network of Ubuntu machines (more than 1), installing your own cache is a good idea. You can chain caches, so you can point your cache to the central Ugandan cache.

Here is a very simple tutorial to install apt-cacher:

sudo apt-get install apt-cacher
sudo pico /etc/apt-cacher/apt-cacher.conf

We need to point apt-cacher to the Ugandan cache, so change :

# Apt-cacher can pass all its requests to an external http proxy like
# Squid, which could be very useful if you are using an ISP that blocks

Mountbatten (with the help of Datanet) is running an Ubuntu and Debian caching server. The caching server holds all previously downloaded updates for Ubununt, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Debian.

Using the cache to download your updates will greatly increase the speed with which you are keeping your Ubuntu installation uptodate (if your ISP is doing a proper job).

The way to get this working is very very simple.