How to create a repository server?
 

hello every one.
Weŕe developing some game on N900 and we need to test installing the game through a repository.
Because of some security reasons, we can not public these files to some free repository server. Could you please help me to create my own repository (http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ for example).
I tried to follow some instruction to create an ubuntu repository but itś not work on N900.
Please help me.

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

debian-howto

you say you tried the instructions for an ubuntu repository - what didn't work, exactly?

"doesn't work" is a statement i really really hate :)

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

I hope you are not thinking of distributing the game through a 3rd party repository and instead will offer the game through existing repositories. Personally I woudn't like to see us going back to having 101 different repositories.

If you are using it just for testing purposes, forget what I just wrote :)

Have you looked at: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/286

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

Just jumping in to wish you welcome to the forum and maemo.org, phancao! :)

Can't help with your question but looking forward to the game!

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

:) thanks for your support !!!

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

Please note that maemo.org offers repositories for closed source applications (non-free), if you want to sell the game you should use the Ovi Store.

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

Are you certain you need a repository?

You could install rootsh from extras to the device, copy the .debs to the device and use 'sudo gainroot' and 'dpkg -i <package name(s)>' to install the package(s) on device.

This way you can avoid the non-trivial task of setting up a repository. (disclaimer: no I haven't set up a repository, so I'm guessing that it's not trivial)

Re: How to create a repository server?
 

Hmmm haven't really looked but this is of interest to myself as well. Another thing I'd like is to have a buildbot and a way to grab existing extras and such packages and rebuild them without the optification.