1 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Repositories</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Synaptic Package Manager Manual V0.1.2"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Synaptic Package Manager Manual V0.1.2"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s03.html" title="Managing Packages"><link rel="next" href="ar01s05.html" title="Custom Filters"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Repositories</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s05.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="synaptic-repo"></a>Repositories</h2></div></div></div><p> |
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2 | Packages are made available through so called <span class="emphasis"><em>repositories</em></span>. The repository contains the |
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3 | packages and an index which includes some basic information about the packages, e.g. required dependencies |
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4 | or a short description. |
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5 | </p><p> |
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6 | Repositories can be located on many medias: CD-Rom/DVD, local hard disk, the Web (http,ftp) |
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7 | or remote file system (nfs). |
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8 | </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="synaptic-repo-update"></a>To Reload the Package Information</h3></div></div></div><p> |
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9 | To collect the list of all available packages from the repositories choose one of the following |
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10 | methods: |
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11 | </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> |
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12 | Choose <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Reload Package Information</span> from the menu. |
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13 | </p></li><li><p> |
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14 | Click on <span class="guibutton">Reload</span> in the toolbar. |
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15 | </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="synaptic-repo-manage"></a>To Edit, Add or Remove Repositories</h3></div></div></div><p> |
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16 | You can edit, add or delete repositories in the repository preferences. |
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17 | </p><p> |
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18 | Open the repository editor with <span class="guimenu">Preferences</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Repositories</span> from the menu. |
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19 | </p><div class="figure"><a name="id2529630"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 6. Repository Preferences</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/synaptic-repositories.png" alt=" |
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20 | Shows the repository preferences |
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21 | "></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="synaptic-repo-cdrom"></a>To Add Repositories From CD-ROM</h3></div></div></div><p> |
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22 | Choose <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Add CD...</span> |
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23 | from the menu. |
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24 | </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="synaptic-repo-aptline"></a>The Syntax of the APT line</h3></div></div></div><p> |
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25 | The package manager stores all available repositories in a text based configuration file. |
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26 | Each line describes the type, location and content of one repository. |
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27 | </p><div class="table"><a name="table-synaptic-aptline-syntax"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 3. Syntax of an APT line e.g. <span class="emphasis"><em>deb http://ftp.debian.org sarge main</em></span></b></p><table summary="Syntax of an APT line e.g. deb http://ftp.debian.org sarge main" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left" valign="top"> |
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28 | Element |
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29 | </th><th align="left" valign="top"> |
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30 | Description |
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31 | </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> |
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32 | deb |
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33 | </td><td valign="top"> |
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34 | The first elements describes the type of the repository. |
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35 | Possible values are <span class="emphasis"><em>deb</em></span> (Debian binary packages), <span class="emphasis"><em>deb-src |
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36 | </em></span>(Debian source packages), <span class="emphasis"><em>rpm</em></span> (RPM binary packages), |
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37 | <span class="emphasis"><em>rpm-src</em></span> (Redhat source packages), <span class="emphasis"><em>rpmdir</em></span> |
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38 | (folder that contains RPM binary packages) and <span class="emphasis"><em>rpmdir-src</em></span> |
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39 | (folder that contains RPM source packages). |
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40 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> |
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41 | http://ftp.debian.org |
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42 | </td><td valign="top"> |
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43 | The second element is the location of the repository. |
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44 | The repository can be accessed by the protocols HTTP and |
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45 | FTP, or locally on a CD, DVD or hard disk. |
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46 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> |
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47 | sarge |
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48 | </td><td valign="top"> |
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49 | The third element describes the distribution for which the |
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50 | packages are made for, see the <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s4.6.4" target="_top"> |
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51 | Debian Developer's Reference</a> for more details on distributions of Debian. |
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52 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> |
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53 | main |
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54 | </td><td valign="top"> |
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55 | The forth element describes sections of the |
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56 | repository that should be included. By default official Debian repositories are |
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57 | separated into the sections <span class="emphasis"><em>main</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em> |
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58 | contrib</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>non-free</em></span>, see the |
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59 | <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s4.6.1" target="_top"> |
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60 | Debian Developer's Reference</a> for more details on sections of Debian. |
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61 | </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> |
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62 | </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>The distribution and section element are not required for each type.</p></div><p> |
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