Re: Fw: Re: Implementing a personalized repository
Thread name: "Fw: Re: Implementing a personalized repository"
Mail number: 1
Date: Thu, Jan 03, 2013
In reply to: Lázaro
>
> Hi, my to cents. I run this script:
>
>
> lazaro@utopian:~$ cat /usr/local/bin/cache2repo.sh
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # clean the floor before
> aptitude autoclean
>
> # full copy all to the custom repo
> mkdir -p /usr/local/var/repo/
> cp -uv /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /usr/local/var/repo/
>
> # remake the Packages.gz
> cd /usr/local/var/
> touch /usr/local/var/repo/Packages.gz
> rm /usr/local/var/repo/Packages.gz
> dpkg-scanpackages repo/ /dev/null | gzip > repo/Packages.gz
>
> # EOF
>
>
> Yo run the script in the computer where the cache is and it will make a
> repo based in the cache content and put it in the directory:
>
> /usr/local/var/repo/
>
> Then in the computer that will use the custom repo, do this:
>
> echo "deb file:/usr/local/var/ repo/" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/custom.list
> aptitude update
>
> And there you have :D you own custom repo!
>
> You could modify the primary idea. Whatever you put en the directory
> then the script will make the package list.
>
>
> Thread name: "Re: Implementing a personalized repository"
> Mail number: 6
> Date: Sat, Dec 29, 2012
> In reply to: Osamu Aoki
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 03:44:18PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > > >On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:50:27AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > >>I routinely work without a viable network connection of any kind. My
> > > >>response was to purchase a eight DVD set of "squeeze". Using the DVD
> > > >>directory structure as an example I have copied the contents of
> > > >>/pool to a 64GB flash drive. I have also copied the directory
> > > >>structure of /dists to the flash drive.
> > > >>
> > > >>I've lost links to:
> > > >> a. creating the packages and packages.gz files.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_small_public_package_archive
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that section answers the exact question I'm attempting
> > > to ask. *BUT* I presume the overall document is aimed at typical
> > > average sane users. In past "three score and ten" those adjectives
> > > have ever been used to describe me ;/
> >
> > "The postupload hook script initiated by dupload(1) creates updated
> > archive files for each upload."
> >
> > So it is a bit convoluted method and it is not a direct shell command.
> >
> > > HOWEVER, after browsing the table of contents at
> > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/index.en.html I
> > > suspect the posting of a half-dozen questions has been
> > > short-circuited. Thank you.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >> b. how to point apt/synaptic/... to this repository.
> > > >
> > > > file:///path/to/repo instead of http://ftp.us.debian....
> > > >
> > > >Osamu
> > > >PS: I never done this for large archive such as what you indicated.
> > >
> > > <Chuckle> I read a blog "somewhere" which commented on small
> > > archives vs fully standard compliant archives. Although I'll hold it
> > > in my hand, I'm aiming at the later.
> >
> > FYI: I updated wiki page:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository
> >
> > Osamu
> >
> >
I forgot to say that you must copy /usr/local/var/repo to the
destination computer when you need usage the repo. Sorry me english...
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