maemo.org - Talk - Why maemo repository is down?

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnel (Post 808536)

You know, it's time the repos were mirrored somewhere.

Doesn't ap-get have a built-in mechanism to download the repo then synch via rsync?

How big are the repos (testing, devel & extras) anyway?

At the end of the day do you trust Nokia to do it for you?

EDIT: This page may help. ("Howto setup local repo")

Code:

$ apt-get

apt 0.7.20.2maemo13.1 for armel compiled on Jan 13 2010 16:38:02

Usage: apt-get [options] command

       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

       apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]



apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and

installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update

and install.



Commands:

   update - Retrieve new lists of packages

   upgrade - Perform an upgrade

   install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)

   remove - Remove packages

   autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages

   purge - Remove and purge packages

   source - Download source archives

   build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages

   dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)

   dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections

   clean - Erase downloaded archive files

   autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files

   check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies



Options:

  -h  This help text.

  -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator

  -qq No output except for errors

  -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives

  -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation

  -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt

  -f  Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place

  -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable

  -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well

  -b  Build the source package after fetching it

  -V  Show verbose version numbers

  -c=? Read this configuration file

  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp

See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual

pages for more information and options.

                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.

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