Using apt-mirror, I downloaded the xenial packages to my machine (ip address: 172.16.3.37). The content of my "mirror.list" for apt-mirror is the following.
############# config ##################
#
set base_path /ubuntuRepo
#
# set mirror_path $base_path/mirror
# set skel_path $base_path/skel
# set var_path $base_path/var
# set cleanscript $var_path/clean.sh
# set defaultarch <running host architecture>
# set postmirror_script $var_path/postmirror.sh
# set run_postmirror 0
set nthreads 20
set _tilde 0
#
############# end config ##############
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
The files were successfully downloaded.
I tried to install packages using this repo from another machine. That machine's /etc/apt/sources.list contains the following line (I intentionally kept only one line to reduce the number of errors).
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse free non-free
Now, when I try "apt-get update" I am getting the following.
Get:1 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]
Ign:2 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:3 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:4 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:5 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:6 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:7 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
Ign:8 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe Translation-en
Ign:10 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:11 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Get:2 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,201 kB]
Get:3 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,196 kB]
Get:4 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [568 kB]
Ign:5 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:6 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Get:7 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages [7,532 kB]
Get:8 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages [7,512 kB]
Get:9 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe Translation-en [4,354 kB]
Ign:10 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:11 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Err:5 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
404 Not Found
Err:6 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
404 Not Found
Err:10 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
404 Not Found
Err:11 http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons
404 Not Found
Fetched 247 kB in 0s (574 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml 404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar 404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/universe/dep11/Components-amd64.yml 404 Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://172.16.3.37/ubuntuRepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/universe/dep11/icons-64x64.tar 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I had asked a similar question here. Any helpful thought is greatly appreciated.
