[ILUG-Cochin.org] PAUSE/RESUME apt-get dist-upgrade

[Jos Collin, ILUG]

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:58:31 +0530
I think this is the solution. debtorrent will pause/resume apt-get.

http://www.nexenta.org/os/debtorrent

torrents will download and upload the same data from your computer. I  
think this is the only disadvantage of torrents. It will use your  
bandwidth.

- Jos Collin

"A. Mani" <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:51 PM, A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Jos Collin, ILUG
> > <ilug at joscollin.org> wrote:
> >> What do you mean by "right time"?
> >>
> >> I think there is no proper way to do the pause/resume. Also there
> >> is no way to resume downloading from the middle of a partially
> >> downloaded .deb file.
> >
> > I have done this in a version of kubuntu:
> >
> > 1. start dist upgrade (the graphical tool)
> > 2. stop it in the middle of download
> > 3. copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives to some other place.
> > 4. shutdown
> >
> > 5. Boot later
> > 6. start dist upgrade after whatever cleanup is necessary (lock
> > files may need to be deleted by superuser)
> > 7. Initially /var/cache/apt/archives will be emptied by upgrade tool
> > 8. let upgrade tool start the download.
> > 9. pause, move back the archives and resume
> >
> 
> 
> Addendum: You will need to be clearer about the directories ( ...
> can't remember)
> 
>