Creating a Local APT repository

09 Feb, 2007 · 1 min read · #linux #debian

I have long been wanting to make a local directory, which contains all my Debian packages, as a repository to be added in, /etc/apt/sources.list. Finally, I did it.

This is what I did,

Install the package dpkg-dev. It is available on the installation disk.
Download necessary packages along with the dependencies to a directory on your local fileystsem. You may organize the packages into sub directories.
Let us call the directory into which the files have been copied, DEBS_DIR.
From konsole or any other terminal of your choice, issue following commands.

cd $DEBS_DIR
pkg-scanpackages . /dev/null >Packages

Open /etc/apt/source.list in your favorite editor and add the line,

deb file:$DEBS_DIR ./

Your new repository is ready.

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