Debian repository

[benhylau]

We are increasingly using .deb as package format, some of them are custom built for our armhf boards. Now they are published to GitHub Releases and installed via wget then dpkg -i, but it'd be nice to have features like dependency resolution via apt-get and have a central URL to get signed software.

I have not hosted a public debian repo, but here are some resources on a quick search:

• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/Setup
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-reprepro-for-a-secure-package-repository-on-ubuntu-14-04
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/529/how-to-set-up-an-apt-repository/89698#89698
• https://www.aptly.info

In the future we can:

• Mirror repositories and make accessible over the meshnet (cjdns, yggdrasil, etc.)
• Make available over p2p fs such as ipfs

[makew0rld]

More info for module ideas can be seen in this issue and this one.

[pedro-nonfree]

Retroshare uses OBS (Opensuse Build Service) that is a place to host debian repositories retroshare example | main page

[darkdrgn2k]

https://github.com/tomeshnet/mesh-packages