The folder structure is following:
debian-simple-repo
|-- Makefile
|-- Release.conf
`-- unstable # files here generated
|-- Packages
|-- Packages.bz2
|-- Packages.gz
|-- Release
|-- Release.gpg
|-- Sources
|-- Sources.bz2
`-- Sources.gz
Makefile
all: repository
repository:
dpkg-scanpackages unstable /dev/null > unstable/Packages
dpkg-scansources unstable /dev/null > unstable/Sources
bzip2 -c9 unstable/Packages > unstable/Packages.bz2
gzip -c9 unstable/Packages > unstable/Packages.gz
bzip2 -c9 unstable/Sources > unstable/Sources.bz2
gzip -c9 unstable/Sources > unstable/Sources.gz
apt-ftparchive -c=Release.conf release unstable > unstable/Release
-rm unstable/Release.gpg
gpg -abs -o unstable/Release.gpg unstable/Release
clean:
rm -f unstable/Packages* unstable/Sources* unstable/Release*
Release.conf
APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin "your@email";
APT::FTPArchive::Release::Label "Test repository";
APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite "unstable";
APT::FTPArchive::Release::Architectures "i386 source";
APT::FTPArchive::Release::Components "main";
generation
All *.deb, *.dsc, *.diff.gz, *.changes, *.orig.tar.gz has to
be copied to the unstable/ folder and `make` executed. This
will generate unstable/Packages*, unstable/Sources*, unstable/Release*
files. Then just the whole folder as-is copied to a web/ftp server.
usage
/etc/apt/sources.list file on a Debian machine
has to be updated and a gpg key has to be added through `apt-key add`.
sources.list
deb http://your.hostname/some/folder/ unstable/
deb-src http://your.hostname/some/folder/ unstable/
beyond simple
For more advanced and more distribution like repository use reprepro. Setting up your own APT repository with upload support - is a good introduction to it.
