ppa

Personal Package Archive for R-hub

Current packages

protobuf-clang: protobuf compiled with clang, linking against libc++. It needs the libc++-16 libs (see Dockerfile). Dockerfile for Ubuntu 22.04
protobuf-clang17: similar to the previous one, with clang 17.
protobuf-clang18: similar to the previous ones, with clang 18.
skopeo: a newer version, to be able to push packages to GHCR. Dockerfile for Ubuntu 22.04

Using this repository

echo "deb https://ppa.r-pkg.org jammy main" \
    > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rhub.list
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/ppa/main/rhub.gpg.key |
    apt-key add -
apt-get update -y
apt-get install -y ...

Adding new packages

You need an Ubuntu or Debian machine, e.g.

docker run -ti -v `pwd`:/root/ppa ubuntu:22.04 bash

and a couple of packages:

apt-get update && apt-get install -y git dpkg-dev gpg

Copy the DEB files into pool/main.

Create Packages* files:

dpkg-scanpackages --arch amd64 pool/ > dists/jammy/main/binary-amd64/Packages
dpkg-scanpackages --arch arm64 pool/ > dists/jammy/main/binary-arm64/Packages
gzip -kf dists/jammy/main/binary-amd64/Packages
gzip -kf dists/jammy/main/binary-arm64/Packages

Generate Release file

(cd dists/jammy && ../../generate-release.sh > Release)

Import private key for signing
```
gpg --armor --import pgp-key.private
```

Sign the Release file

export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
cat dists/jammy/Release |
  gpg --default-key csardi.gabor@gmail.com -abs \
  > dists/jammy/Release.gpg
cat dists/jammy/Release |
  gpg --default-key csardi.gabor@gmail.com -abs --clearsign \
  > dists/jammy/InRelease

Test

echo "deb http://127.0.0.1:8000/ jammy main" \
   > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rhub.list
apt-get install -y python3 curl
python3 -m http.server

From another terminal:

curl -L http://127.0.0.1:8000/rhub.gpg.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install skopeo
skopeo --version

Thanks

Creating and hosting your own deb packages and apt repo by Alex Couture-Beil @ Earthly.