Many of you have asked about caching apt-get installs. I’m here to tell you that there’s a way! Basically it involves downloading the apt packages and caching that directory between builds. Additionally, I will show you how to use a custom sources.list to speed up apt-get update for your builds. …

Caching apt-get packages

zzak December 7, 2017, 5:56am 3

This guide was targeted at 1.0.

If you’re using 2.0, we highly recommend you roll your own image including the apt packages you need pre-installed.

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