Making Local Repository

[Rog131]

This is based on APT HOWTO
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html
===> 2.2 How to use APT locally

There is also > Ubuntu Documentation: Personal Repositories


Note
user is your log in name.
gutsy is part of Kubuntu code name (hoary, breezy, dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy...)

Kubuntu wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubuntu


1) Make folders:
/home/user/debs/
and
/home/user/dists/gutsy/debs_for_gutsy/binary-i386/

2) Copy .deb files to the /home/user/debs/

3) Generate package info:

a) if your debs are in the /home/user/debs. You can use in the konsole (konsole is in the home folder - /home/user/):

Code:

dpkg-scanpackages debs /dev/null | gzip > /home/user/dists/gutsy/debs_for_gutsy/binary-i386/Packages.gz

b)  or full path to the debs. Packages are in the /home/user/debs

Code:

dpkg-scanpackages /home/user/debs /dev/null | sed s/"\/home\/user\/"//g | \
gzip > /home/user/dists/gutsy/debs_for_gutsy/binary-i386/Packages.gz

4) Add your local repository in the /etc/apt/sources.list

Alt + F2 and type kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list
(kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list)
Add: deb file:///home/user/ gutsy debs_for_gutsy

or

Synaptic:
Settings > Repositories

URI:             file:///home/user/
Distribution: gutsy
Sections(s): debs_for_gutsy

or

Adept:
Adept > Manage Repositories > | Third-Party Software | > Add


4b) Alternative to the 4, using sources.list.d

You can create mysources.list (or whatever.list) file in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:
(kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mysources.list)

And add: deb file:///home/user/ gutsy debs_for_gutsy

man sources.list(5)

SOURCES.LIST.D

 The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory provides a way to add sources.list entries in seperate files that end with .list. The format is the same as for the regular sources.list file.

5) Update package lists.

6) Install (by Apt/Aptitude/Adept/Synaptic/Whatever).


When you have new debs -> Do 2 and 3 then 5 and  6.


Dpkg/Apt/Aptitude/Adept/Synaptic

FAQ: Package Managers

Dpkg
dpkg - package manager for Debian.

Apt
apt - Advanced Package Tool.  APT  is  a  management system for software packages.

Aptitude
A highly configurable console front-end for Debian APT. Aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system.

Adept
Adept is a GUI to the Advanced Packaging Tool for KDE. Adept is developed by Peter Ročkai and is sponsored by Canonical Ltd. through the Kubuntu project.

Synaptic
Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.


GDebi KDE
https://launchpad.net/gdebi

From Kubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon
http://kubuntu.org/announcements/7.10-release.php

New for Kubuntu 7.10 is a KDE front end to the amazing APT package manager for third party packages. GDebi KDE makes it easier to install Debian based packages (.deb files) onto your system with just a click of the mouse. No more command line hassles when trying to manually install a package, and GDebi KDE even takes care of those pesky dependencies so you don't have to. Using GDebi KDE is simple, go to the directory where you have downloaded your package and just click on the file. Installation takes off, and you are on your way to a new application.

You need:
gdebi-core, Simple tool to install deb files

gdebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing
its dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp)
located packages.

and
gdebi-kde, Simple tool to install deb files

This package contains the KDE user interface.

Note
gdebi does not support multi-package installations
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/37649

gdebi should search for .debs in current folder
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/134331


Links:

Topic: OpenOffice 2.2.3
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3086717.0

Topic: Adept for offline installation
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3087546.0

Topic: FAQ: Kubuntu without internet connection
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3085805.0

Bugs in gdebi in ubuntu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi

[computador]

 I follow the guide but when I use apt-get install after answer the question (yes/no) it don't find the file.

Impossible to find  file:///home/user/packages//home/user/packages/debs/opera_9.26-20080218.6-shared-qt_en_i386.deb  File not found

 I didn't use the same folders as the guide (after user I make another directory named packages and hardy instead of gutsy)

 "I make this steps"
 mkdir  /home/user/packages/debs/
and
 mkdir /home/user/packages/dists/hardy/debs_for_hardy/binary-i386/

2) Copy .deb files to the /home/user/packages/debs/

3) Generate package info:
:~$ dpkg-scanpackages /home/user/packages/debs /dev/null | gzip > /home/user/packages/dists/hardy/debs_for_hardy/binary-i386/Packages.gz

4) Add your local repository in the /etc/apt/sources.list
file:///home/user/packages/ hardy debs_for_hardy

Tell me if I make a mistake because I don't find it.

[Rog131]

Tell me if I make a mistake because I don't find it.

No, you are not making mistake.

If you are using full path in the "Generate package info" then working command is:

Code:

dpkg-scanpackages /home/user/packages/debs /dev/null | sed s/"\/home\/user\/packages\/"//g | \
gzip > /home/user/packages/dists/hardy/debs_for_hardy/binary-i386/Packages.gz

Sed is used to remove /home/user/packages/ from the Packages.gz.

sed - stream editor for filtering and transforming text

Without sed, package manager is trying to find:

/home/user/packages//home/user/packages/debs/opera_9.26-20080218.6-shared-qt_en_i386.deb

Added to the How to.

[computador]

 Thanks

[Rog131]

And double checking with Hardy:

Note
<user> is your username.

1) Making

/home/<user>/packages/debs/
/home/<user>/packages/dists/hardy/debs_for_hardy/binary-i386/

2) Dropping debs in the /home/<user>/packages/debs/

3) Generating package info

Code:

dpkg-scanpackages /home/<user>/packages/debs /dev/null | sed s/"\/home\/<user>\/packages\/"//g | \
gzip > /home/<user>/packages/dists/hardy/debs_for_hardy/binary-i386/Packages.gz

** Packages in archive but missing from override file: **
  libdvdcss2 w32codecs

 Wrote 2 entries to output Packages file.

4) Adding local repositary

Alt + F2

Code:

kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mysources.list

Inserting:

deb file:///home/<user>/packages hardy debs_for_hardy

 

5) Updating package database

Code:

sudo apt-get update

6) Installing

Code:

sudo apt-get install w32codecs

...
Selecting previously deselected package w32codecs.
(Reading database ... 89338 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking w32codecs (from .../w32codecs_20071007-0.1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up w32codecs (1:20071007-0.1) ...

Seems to work 

[RealG187]

mpg@MIKED5:~$ sudo dpkg-scanpackages debs /dev/null | gzip > /home/mpg/dists/hardy/debs_for_hardy/binary-i386/Packages.gz
[sudo] password for mpg:
sudo: dpkg-scanpackages: command not found
mpg@MIKED5:~$ [/quotre]

It doesnt work, how come

[Rog131]

/usr/bin/dpkg-scanpackages is a part of the package: dpkg-dev

package building tools for Debian

This package contains the tools (including dpkg-source) required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages.

[RealG187]

Okay thanks.

Should I use this thread or this one for future discussion about this?

[Rog131]

Intrepid Ibex example
(for a user rog)


Making directories:

Code:

mkdir -p ~/packages/debs

and

Code:

mkdir -p ~/packages/dists/intrepid/debs_for_intrepid/binary-i386/

man mkdir

NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...

       -p, --parents
              no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

Adding local repository to the sources:
 
alt + f2 : kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local_sources.list
or
konsole : sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local_sources.list

dropping there:

Code:

deb file:///home/rog/packages/ intrepid debs_for_intrepid

Making package index files:

Code:

dpkg-scanpackages /home/rog/packages/debs /dev/null | sed s/"\/home\/rog\/packages\/"//g | \
gzip > /home/rog/packages/dists/intrepid/debs_for_intrepid/binary-i386/Packages.gz

There is only one package:

** Packages in archive but missing from override file: **
  mplayerthumbs

 Wrote 1 entries to output Packages file.

man dpkg-scanpackages

NAME
       dpkg-scanpackages - create Packages index files

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-scanpackages  [options] binary-dir [override-file [path-prefix]] >
       Packages

DESCRIPTION
       dpkg-scanpackages sorts through a tree of Debian  binary  packages  and
       creates  a  Packages file, used by apt(8), dselect(1), etc, to tell the
       user what packages are available for installation. These Packages files
       are  the  same  as those found on Debian archive sites and CD-ROMs. You
       might use dpkg-scanpackages yourself if making  a  directory  of  local
       packages to install on a cluster of machines.

Updating package database:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

[hallve_revera]

i didnt work for me
when i input "sudo apt-get update"
the result is the repository from the file is ignored...
how do i fix it...
thanks
im using kubuntu intrepid live usb

[Rog131]

i didnt work for me
when i input "sudo apt-get update"
the result is the repository from the file is ignored...

Tell a bit more  What was the error message(s) ??

Did you get something like this?

Code:

sudo apt-get update

...
Ign file: jaunty/debs_for_jaunty Packages
Err file: jaunty/debs_for_jaunty Packages
  File not found
...
W: Failed to fetch file:/home/<YOUR_USERNAME_HERE>/packages/dists/jaunty/debs_for_jaunty/binary-i386/Packages 
File not found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
sudo died with exit status 100

That is because apt can't find the package index file - Packages.gz - from the directory: /home/<YOUR_USERNAME_HERE>/packages/dists/jaunty/debs_for_jaunty/binary-i386.