Update are very huge with APT repository

[henri9813]

Hello Everyone :-)

Is it possible to "optmize" update process ?
Each update take 200MB to be download, is it possible to reduce update size ?
I have at least 1 update per week ( is not a problem ! 👍 , thanks you ! 🥇 ) but it's very hard to maintain this package updated due to the bandwith usage.

Steps to reproduce

Install metasploit with Nightly Installers

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Nightly-Installers

Current behavior

Each update require ~230 MB to be downloaded which is too much for me.

System stuff

Apt-based system ( i tried on: Ubuntu, Debian, Kubuntu )

I installed Metasploit with:

• Kali package via apt
• Omnibus installer (nightly)
• Commercial/Community installer (from http://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit/download.jsp)
• Source install (please specify ruby version)

OS

What OS are you running Metasploit on?
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian

[busterb]

Sure it is possible, but it would require making Metasploit and its dependencies 2 different packages, one that is updated less frequently than metasploit's core, probably the database.

[henri9813]

Hello @busterb,

Thanks for your reply.

It could be awesome !
Apache do the same ( apache and apache-bin )

Thanks for all :-)

[Reelix]

Since this, the update size has subsequently increased by around 100MB.

My slowest weekly update by FAR :p

[Reelix]

Now up to 386MB

Get:1 http://downloads.metasploit.com/data/releases/metasploit-framework/apt lucid/main arm64 metasploit-framework arm64 6.3.57+20240216103514~1rapid7-1 [386 MB]