[IIAB] Ubuntu/Mint Repository

[Braddock]

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Hi John,
I've thought through this a bit.

It would probably be easiest for you to just use the online IIAB demo at:
http://demo.internet-in-a-box.org

Your mission is to figure out how to configure Ubuntu 12.04 to use
this mirror of the Ubuntu 12.04 repository.  The mirror is located in
the "Software" section at http://demo.internet-in-a-box.org/iiab/software/

The way this would work in the field is that an IIAB device would be
deployed to a school without internet access, or with very expensive
internet access.  The laptops at the school were donated and run Linux
Mint 13.  We want to reconfigure those laptops to use the IIAB device
repository to obtain software (I will add a Mint 13 repository mirror,
for now use Ubuntu 12.04).

We need to provide instructions that those schools can use to
configure their laptops to use the local IIAB respository mirror (the
IIAB devices always have the mdns host name "know.local").

Some insight might be gained by:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/37753/how-can-i-get-apt-to-use-a-mirror-close-to-me-or-choose-a-faster-mirror

and

http://www.howtoforge.com/local_debian_ubuntu_mirror
(we already have done the apt-mirror download obviously, just look at
how they configure apt to use the mirror).

- -braddock


On 12/15/2013 10:20 PM, John Kim wrote:
> Hi Braddock,
> 
> Apologies for taking forever to respond. Yes, the work is in
> progress. I just managed to install Internet-in-a-Box via git
> sources and loaded the Quickstart Sampler.  I guess I would like to
> know the "couple of commands to mirror the Ubuntu repository" now
> or any other useful information, so I could get started writing.
> From there, I will get it done within a couple of days.
> 
> Although it may seem to repeat myself, I have a few questions:
> 
> 1. Will other people need to make an installation of the IiaB
> before they can mirror the Ubuntu repository? 2. What happens when
> one mirrors the Ubuntu repository?  I may be wrong, but is it to
> extract the full data? 3. What is included in the Ubuntu
> repository?  What are the commands to it?
> 
> I'm assuming the instructions would be added onto the INSTALL.txt,
> once you approve it? Or maybe it's somewhere else? I'll share it
> with you via email before I place it in there.
> 
> Thank you for your patience.
> 
> 2013년 12월 15일 14:35, Braddock 쓴 글: On 12/03/2013 10:53 AM, Braddock
> wrote:
>>>> On 12/02/2013 04:15 PM, John Kim wrote:
>>>>> Anyway, I would like to do this. I’ve been using Ubuntu
>>>>> 12.04 these days.
>>>> That would be great.  Do you have a copy of the IIAB dataset
>>>> on hand or an IIAB server installation?
>>>> 
>>>> If you get up and running with the Sampler dataset, then
>>>> there are only a couple commands to mirror the Ubuntu
>>>> repository and you could then try to document how to use the
>>>> Ubuntu repository.
> Hi John, Any progress on making and testing instructions to use the
> ubuntu repository?  Do you need more information?
> 
> We are shipping a few units to schools in Haiti running Linux Mint 
> laptops this week and it would be great if we can provide
> instructions to use the software repository.
> 
> -braddock
> 
> -- John Kim Student/FOSS Enthusiast www.internet-in-a-box.org 
> thinkndev at gmail.com
> 

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