#Debian repository install

I have an article talking about a simple way you can build a Debian package: Packaging. You need to get your private key and Debian package ready.

Now Let’s try to import a Debian package. Now, you have complete the Debian repository. More detailed documentation can be found here, or check man reprepro under conf/distributions section. If “yes” or “default” are specified, reprepro will use the default GPG key available when signing repository metadata.

SignWith: This field can be either yes, default, or have the GPG key ID of a GPG key that should be used to sign the repository metadata.

Description: This field is optional, but useful for end-users.

Components: The names of the components that packages can be imported into.

Codename: This is usually the codename for the distribution like focal, buster and kali-rolling.

Origin: This field is used to identify where this repository is coming from.

Create a folder conf under the repo folder, and under conf folder, create a file called distributions with the following content: 1 Now, you can create Create a directory for your repository.

#Debian repository install

You can install reprepro using your distro’s package manager, for example, sudo apt install reprepro for debian-based operating systems. We will set up the repository using reprepro. You can check out my Debian and Kali Linux repository for wslu here and here. I have been setting up Debian repositories for wslu and some other packages. This is a quick little article to get you started with the Debian repository.