A simple command line utility to create a debian repository
Project description
Simple command line tool to create apt repositories. This will work on debian and ubuntu.
Installation:
First install from pypi:
pip install vdt.simpleaptrepo
This tool is a wrapper for some debian specific packages, so you will need to install them first:
apt-get install gnupg dpkg-sig apt-utils
To show which commands are available:
simpleapt --help
Create a repository:
First you need to create a gpg key to sign your packages with. This is not mandatory but highly recommended:
simpleapt create-gpg-key
Copy and remember the key’s hash. The output looks something like this:
gpg: key 10FB8BDC marked as ultimately trusted
So copy the 10FB8BDC hash, you will need it later.
Now create a repository:
simpleapt create-repo myrepo /www/ --gpgkey 10FB8BDC Repository 'myrepo' created Now add a component with the 'add-component' command
Create a component:
In one repository you have multiple components:
simpleapt add-component myrepo test
You will see what you need to do now:
Component 'test' created in repo 'myrepo' Now add some unsigned debian packages in the directory and run the 'update-repo' command (see the 'add packages' section below) Configure your webservice to set the www-root to /www/ Add http://<hostname>/myrepo/test / to your sources.list Add the key on the host where you want to install the packages. (This is only needed once per repository) wget -qO - http://<hostname>/myrepo/test/keyfile | sudo apt-key add -
Add some more if you like:
simpleapt add-component myrepo staging simpleapt add-component myrepo production
See that our repo is there:
simpleapt list-repos myrepo (gpgkey: 10FB8BDC) test staging main
Add packages:
Copy some debian package into a component’s directory and update the repo:
simpleapt update-repo myrepo test Exported key 10FB8BDC to /www/myrepo/test/keyfile Signed package /www/myrepo/test/my-package_0.0.1_all.deb Creates Packages Creates Packages.gz Create Release with key 10FB8BDC Create InRelease with key 10FB8BDC Create Releases.gpg with key 10FB8BDC
When there a a lot packages you can skip resigning packages by using the --skip-signed option:
simpleapt update-repo myrepo test --skip-signed Exported key 10FB8BDC to /www/myrepo/test/keyfile Skipped signing /www/myrepo/test/my-package_0.0.1_all.deb Creates Packages Creates Packages.gz Create Release with key 10FB8BDC Create InRelease with key 10FB8BDC Create Releases.gpg with key 10FB8BDC
Now you can install these packages!
Changelog:
0.0.5 (2018-08-04):
Checked for python 3.7 support
0.0.4 (2017-11-20):
Added a --skip-signed option so we can skip already signed debian packages
Added python 3 support
Useful URLS:
http://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2014/10/28/howto-gpg-sign-verify-deb-packages-apt-repositories/
https://keyring.debian.org/creating-key.html
https://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt#How_apt_uses_Release.gpg
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CreateAuthenticatedRepository
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2004-May/022471.html
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