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This document summarizes the process of setting up a Debian package repository. It does not describe the format of a Debian repository.

Care has been taken to provide the most accurate information at the time of writing. Please fix any identified mistakes.

APT Archive Types

There are 2 kinds of repositories from user's perspective:

archive style

apt line

apt-pinning

secure APT

status

official archive

"deb http://example.org/debian unstable main"

Yes

Yes

preferred

trivial archive

"deb http://example.org/debian ./"

No

Yes

deprecated

These archives have different meta-data structure. Both archives can store actual package files. Many older repository HOWTOs (e.g. old "Debian Reference (sarge)" and "APT HOWTO (sarge)") address creation of a "trivial archive" and are problematic since the "trivial archive" lacks support for apt-pinning meta-data used by APT Preferences due to the collision of 2 types of Release files.

For the secure APT compatibility, the modern package archive must be signed by GPG.

References:

APT Archive Generation Tools

The full package archive similar to the official archive can be created using:

The Private Package Archive (PPA) can be created on a web server with a shell account using:

Both people.debian.org and alioth.debian.org are installed with these packages. The PPA archives created on these hosts should only be used for small low-volume experimental archives only.

Do not run high-volume repositories without consulting the host server's maintainer(s).

dak (Debian Archive Kit)

mini-dak

reprepro for new packages

mini-dinstall

debarchiver

debpool

DebMarshal

Built by Google for their use.

apt-ftparchive

dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources

aptly

APT Archive Mirroring Tools

ftpsync

reprepro for partial mirroring

debmirror

apt-mirror

debpartial-mirror

apt-move

aptly

anonftpsync (deprecated)

See also


CategoryPackageManagement