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Maintaining packages in your own repository

It is important to maintain your repository when updates occur or if you want to add/remove packages. This page explains how to. Note that after changing any files in your repository that you'll have to update them upstream. E.g. uploading the correct files.

Adding packages

To add a package we first have to copy over the .xbps files to the repository directory. After that we can add them to the repository's *-repodata. You can add them by using:

$ xbps-rindex -a /path/to/repository/directory/*.xbps

We also have to sign the package with the key we generated whilst we set up the repository. This can be done by using:

$ xbps-rindex --privkey private.pem --sign-pkg /path/to/repository/directory/*.xbps

Updating packages

If you have a new version of a package and want to add it to the repository there are a few steps that need to be done.

First add the new package to the repodata.

$ xbps-rindex -a /path/to/repository/directory/*.xbps

And then remove the obsolete packages.

$ xbps-rindex -r /path/to/repository/directory/

Don't forget to sign the added packages

$ xbps-rindex --privkey private.pem --sign-pkg /path/to/repository/directory/*.xbps

Removing packages

To remove a package you'll first have to remove the files from the repository and it's signature:

$ rm /path/to/repository/directory/<foo>*

After that you'll have to evoke xbps-rindex to clean up the repodata:

$ xbps-rindex -c /path/to/repository/directory/