aptify

Probably the quickest, and easiest, way to create a Debian APT repository from a list of deb files.

Installation

From APT

Add my apt repository to your system.

Then install aptify:

Currently packages are only published for Debian 12 (Bookworm).

sudo apt update
sudo apt install aptify

GitHub Releases

Download statically linked binaries from the GitHub releases page:

Latest Release

Usage

Initialize Keys

You'll need a GPG key to sign your repository. If you don't have one, you can create one using the init-keys command:

aptify init-keys

The resulting key will be written to your $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aptify/ directory. You should back this up somewhere safe.

Create Repository

You'll need a simple YAML file describing the repository you want to create.

A demonstration file is provided in the examples directory. Schema for the repository configuration is defined in the v1alpha1/types.go file.

aptify build -c examples/demo.yaml -d ./demo-repo

This will create a directory called demo-repo containing the repository.

Serve Repository

The recommended way to serve the repository is to use caddy.

An example Caddyfile is provided below, replace apt.example.com with your domain:

https://apt.example.com {
  root * /var/lib/aptify/repo
  file_server {
    browse 
  }
}

http://apt.example.com {
  root * /var/lib/aptify/repo

  # Don't serve the signing key over insecure connections.
  handle_path "/signing_key.asc" {
    redir https://{host}{uri}
  }

  handle {
    root * /var/lib/aptify/repo
    file_server {
      browse
    }
  }
}

Use Repository

To use the repository, you'll need to add a new apt source to your system. You can do this by downloading the signing key and adding the repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory.

curl -fsL https://apt.example.com/signing_key.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/demo-repo-keyring.asc > /dev/null
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/demo-repo-keyring.asc] http://apt.example.com/ $(. /etc/os-release && echo $VERSION_CODENAME) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/demo-repo.list > /dev/null

Packages can now be installed from the repository.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install hello-world

Telemetry

By default aptify gathers anonymous crash and usage statistics. This anonymized data is processed on our servers within the EU and is not shared with third parties. You can opt out of telemetry by setting the DO_NOT_TRACK=1 environment variable.