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I am creating a local repository which will contain all the debians (debs) for Ubuntu. It will also contain kernel debians for 2 different branches like say 1.1 and 2.1

I have created a single empty debian package, say test-package which contains information for all other dependent debians from same repo. Currently it has information on kernel 1.1.

Structure of local repo is as follows:

The folder dists/xenial/release/test-package contains folders k, l, m, v which contain debs.

The folders binary-amd64 and binary-i386 are also created which contains Packages file for corresponding architectures.

Steps performed on the client machine:

  1. Adding URL in sources.list
  2. Running command apt-get install test-package

My issue is:

How can I inform sources.list to pick specific kernel installation and its corresponding debians (debs) available from local repo. i.e. it should install either 1.1 or 2.1 kernel.

TIA

Zanna
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  • What do you mean by "debians" in this context? – waltinator Aug 23 '18 at 13:11
  • I think that by "debians" you mean debian packages, usually referred to on this site as packages, or deb packages. Is that right? Your question has been flagged as too broad, probably because of the numbered list of requirements. I'm not sure this question really is too broad, but if you [edit] this and remove points 2. and 3. from the list, you might be more likely to get an answer, and you can ask a new question for each of the other points if needed. – Zanna Aug 23 '18 at 17:50
  • @waltinator debians is usually referred to deb packages. – Pulkit Lall Aug 24 '18 at 06:30
  • @Zanna Thank you for your opinion. Will edit and remove points 2 and 3. – Pulkit Lall Aug 24 '18 at 06:31
  • @PulkitLall but I don't think I have ever heard anyone call deb packages "debians". Also: You don't use sources.list to tell apt to prefer one set of packages from a repo over another. That's what preferences are for. – muru Aug 24 '18 at 07:06
  • @muru Will preferences be able to install test-package with kernel 1.1 or test-package with 2.1? My aim is to install test-package for kernel 1.1 or 2.1 i.e. when I do sudo apt-get install test-package, I should be able to install 1.1 or 2.1 depending on what I want. – Pulkit Lall Aug 24 '18 at 07:48
  • @PulkitLall for that you can just do sudo apt-get install test-package=1.1 (or =2.1) – muru Aug 24 '18 at 08:09
  • @muru The method mentioned is for test-package version and not for kernel version. Package name is same, only difference is kernel. – Pulkit Lall Aug 24 '18 at 08:41
  • Thanks @muru, your line "sudo apt-get install test-package=1.1" had given me some idea and now am able to install it as required. Had tried your command but it was not what I wanted. – Pulkit Lall Aug 24 '18 at 09:37
  • In that case you can post an answer describing what worked for you. – muru Aug 24 '18 at 09:38
  • Upvoted both question and answer as this might benefit someone else. Not really a duplicate. If this would be closed, ping me @Fabby and I will start the re-open process. – Fabby Aug 24 '18 at 12:22

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Created 2 separate debs for 1.1 and 2.1 and kept in same repo server i.e. In my repo server dists/xenial/release/test-package is created and inside this folder in folder 't' I created 2 debs i.e. test-package-1.1 and test-package-2.1.

Added

http://[server]/ubuntu/dists xenial/release test-package

in sources.list.

Now when I run apt-get install test-package-1.1, it installs 1.1 package and similarly for 2.1.

Not sure if this is correct approach but it is working for me as desired.

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