From 9c38691c68afe46972703bf1bad813c6b553b5ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Dale
Apt-P2P is a daemon that runs in the background, responding to any
+requests from apt for files to download, and sharing any downloaded
+files with other users. The sharing is all done using HTTP, so it
+operates as both a server for the requests from apt and other peers, and
+as a client to download from other peers and mirrors. Also, if you go to
+http://localhost:9977/ in your
+browser on the machine Apt-P2P is running on, you will get a nice
+statistical display of what it is doing. The main operation of Apt-P2P is the maintenance of a
Distributed
Hash Table (DHT) used to find and store peers to download from for
@@ -40,29 +49,6 @@ download speeds (similar to BitTorrent). For more information, you can
go to the Apt-P2P home page:
http://www.camrdale.org/apt-p2p/. Since Apt-P2P is a daemon, it doesn't have any user interface for a
-nice screenshot. However, if you go to
-http://localhost:9977/ in your
-browser on the machine Apt-P2P is running on, you will get a nice
-display of various statistics. These include: Don't be discouraged if you don't upload much to, or download much
-from, other peers yet. Apt-P2P is still young and needs more people to
-use it to increase the chances of finding peers for files. Tell your
-friends!How it works
+Statistics
-
-
-
-
-Comparison with other P2P programs
Other than DebTorrent,
@@ -90,6 +76,13 @@ technologies (e.g. twisted).
be available in Intrepid for Ubuntu. It can be installed by
aptitude install apt-p2p.
First, it is VERY important to set up port +forwarding if your machine is behind a firewall or router/NAT. The +default port you need to forward is 9977, both UDP and TCP. More +information on how to determine if you are connectable can be +found +here.
+Setting up apt to use Apt-P2P as a proxy is easy, especially if you have used other proxy software (e.g. apt-proxy, apt-cacher, approx) in the past. The configuration change is the same, simply adding a @@ -135,10 +128,4 @@ deb-src http://localhost:9977/www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contr
Then, run an apt-get update and start installing packages.
-It's also VERY important to set up port forwarding -if your machine is behind a firewall or router/NAT. More information on -how to determine if you are connectable can be -found -here.
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