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Re: Getting Packages Into Debian



On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:59:23 +1100,
Mitchell Smith <mjs@blitz-technology.net> wrote:
> Also is there a way I can set up my own http / ftp site that can be used as a source for apt-get so people can install the 
> unofficial packages? 
for a potato system and the http method:
http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/apt-gettable/apt-gettable/index.html

On a woody system, apt-ftparchive(1) (in the apt-utils package) is
also available.  It is almost the same as dpkg-scanpackages(8) or
dpkg-scansources(8).  The differences are:
* If there are two or more versions of the same package in the binary tree,
  dpkg-scanpackages complains and picks one randomly, while
  apt-ftparchive generates the Packages file for every version.
* If you use apt-ftparchive, the override file is completely optional.
  If it is not specified, the priority and the section of a package is
  scanned from the control file of the package.
* Optionally, apt-ftparchive can generate the contents file.

If you have root privilege on your web server, debarchiver may be useful.

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