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Package: approx (3.3.0)

caching proxy server for Debian archive files

Approx is an HTTP-based Debian archive server. It fetches packages from remote repositories on demand, and caches them for local use.

Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or upgrade Debian software for a number of machines on a local network. Each package is downloaded from a remote site only once, regardless of how many local clients install it. The approx cache typically requires a few gigabytes of disk space.

Approx also simplifies the administration of client machines: repository locations need only be changed in approx's configuration file, not in every client's /etc/apt/sources.list file.

Approx can be used as a replacement for apt-proxy, with no need to modify clients' /etc/apt/sources.list files, or as an alternative to apt-cacher.

Approx is intended to be robust, simple, and efficient. It is written in OCaml (Objective Caml).

Tags: System Administration: Package Management, Implemented in: OCaml, User Interface: Daemon, Networking: Server, Network Protocol: HTTP, Role: Program, Application Suite: Debian, Purpose: Downloading, Proxying

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 700.5 kB2608 kB [list of files]
amd64 1,004.2 kB2944 kB [list of files]
arm 637.6 kB2328 kB [list of files]
armel 641.1 kB2356 kB [list of files]
hppa 665.2 kB2408 kB [list of files]
i386 910.3 kB2432 kB [list of files]
ia64 766.8 kB3032 kB [list of files]
mips 653.6 kB2556 kB [list of files]
mipsel 651.0 kB2556 kB [list of files]
powerpc 1,110.9 kB2776 kB [list of files]
s390 699.8 kB2464 kB [list of files]
sparc 1,091.8 kB2768 kB [list of files]