[Mageia-discuss] New install

Fri Jan 6 00:27:44 CET 2012

Thank you for the quick replies, guys
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+torsdagen den 5 januari 2012 21.49.47 skrev  Maarten Vanraes:
+> Op donderdag 05 januari 2012 11:26:26 schreef Morgan Leijström:
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+>> Server is mga1 64 bit - can i install urpmi-proxy there, how?
+
+Unanswered question:
+I only found it packaged as for mga2 i586.
+Can i just install that package anyway on mga1 x86_64?
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+> > I found
+> > https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Urpmi-proxy
+> > Are there any more instructions somewhere?
+> 
+> not yet, but if you can tell me what could be improved on documentation,
+> you can tell me.
+
+I will get back after having a go at using it :)
+Hopefully this weekend.
+
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+> > I guess that on the client side i just remove all repos, then
+> > urpmi.addmedia --distrib http://my.local.server.IP/mageia/1/x86_64
+> 
+> yes, there is even a way to have the server use it itself.
+> 
+> the trick here, is to specify in the /etc/urpmi-proxy.conf file the mirror
+> you'll be using manually, and then removing repos on the server and adding
+> sources from the urpmi-proxy on the server itself too...
+> 
+> > Can i have urpmi-proxy proxy both x86_64 repos, and i586, for the
+> > different clients?  And also cauldron for two (dual boot) clients?
+> 
+> yes, it works for all mageia tree, stable, cauldron, x86_64 and i586 and
+> even SRPMS
+> 
+> > On a side note, any tip what to use to proxy all http easily?
+> > And if possible all youtube; my children watch many times the same
+> > film... (But thanks to gcompris and other awesome educative games that
+> > use has decreased)
+> 
+> squid is indeed good, for urpmi i still recommend urpmi-proxy, as it'll be
+> much nicer because it can tell exactly which is new and which is recent.
+
+So i will use both for the different purposes then.
+
+-- 
+Morgan Leijström
+