The Get-NonFree-NonUS software facilitates downloading of non-free and/or non-US packages from a Debian GNU/Linux server automatically.
The Get-NonFree-NonUS project provides users with an efficient way of automatically downloading non-free and/or non-US packages from a Debian GNU/Linux server and generating an unofficial cdrom image. With this software, one can freely choose the release, arch, and server of their choice.
The usage of the software is quite straightforward. To create a new image, all one needs to do is to run the script in an empty directory on a filesystem that supports symlinks. Additionally, if you're looking to upgrade an existing cdrom image, simply copy the contents to a writeable directory and rerun the script. This will allow the software to only download the new files and save a lot of download time.
It should be noted that the script will only run on a filesystem that supports symlinks. For users wanting to use PROXY servers, they will need to define the environment variables http_proxy and possibly ftp_proxy. If you want to use PROXY authentication, the environment variable WGET_OPTS can be used. For instance, WGET_OPTS="--proxy=on --proxy-user=foo --proxy-passwd=bar" http_proxy="" ftp_proxy="" ./get-nonfree-nonUS.
In this release, the actual package download procedure was changed a little to be able to reuse an already established connection to the server. This should increase speed and reduce the load on the servers, making the Get-NonFree-NonUS project more efficient than ever before.
The usage of the software is quite straightforward. To create a new image, all one needs to do is to run the script in an empty directory on a filesystem that supports symlinks. Additionally, if you're looking to upgrade an existing cdrom image, simply copy the contents to a writeable directory and rerun the script. This will allow the software to only download the new files and save a lot of download time.
It should be noted that the script will only run on a filesystem that supports symlinks. For users wanting to use PROXY servers, they will need to define the environment variables http_proxy and possibly ftp_proxy. If you want to use PROXY authentication, the environment variable WGET_OPTS can be used. For instance, WGET_OPTS="--proxy=on --proxy-user=foo --proxy-passwd=bar" http_proxy="" ftp_proxy="" ./get-nonfree-nonUS.
In this release, the actual package download procedure was changed a little to be able to reuse an already established connection to the server. This should increase speed and reduce the load on the servers, making the Get-NonFree-NonUS project more efficient than ever before.
What's New
Version 1.7: N/A