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Is there a way to install apt-cacher on a non-Ubuntu server?

I'm using DD-WRT on my router and I thought it would be nice if the apt-cacher was there instead of on a PC which has to be powered on if I want the caching.

I'm open to any other ideas about how I can achieve it too.

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Provided your router has enough storage (e.g. external USB HDD), it shouldn't be a problem if you're familiar with the command line.

Your router is most probably running either an ARM or a MIPS processor. The appropriate debs can be found in the Debian repositories here. You can't install them directly on the router, so extract with dpkg-deb -x filename.deb destination-dir first.

You can then try moving the extracted files to your router, and seeing if the binaries appear to work. If not, you can always (cross-)compile them from source. I don't see anything in apt-cacher-ng that should prevent it from working on a non-Debian-based system.

Alternative: Use the OpenWRT packages

There's also an apt-cacher-ng branch for OpenWRT on Github here, and it looks like it's being actively updated. DD-WRT runs on a superset of the hardware supported by OpenWRT, so it would almost certainly compile and work on your system. This may be the easier option.

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  • Nice! Thanks, I'll try the OpenWRT packages and let you know how it went. – Yusuf May 26 '12 at 15:15
  • About the debs in the Debian repositories, my router is a Cisco E3000 with a Broadcom BCM4718 @ 480 MHz; which one do I download? – Yusuf May 26 '12 at 15:29
  • @Yusuf : armhf should work on the BCM4718. Please accept as answer if this helped you out. Thanks! – ish May 27 '12 at 10:27