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== Create a repo ==
== Create a repo ==
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== Add a repo to MeeGo ==
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Package Management subsystem responsible for repo management.
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=== Add repo from remote http / ftp server ===
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OBS always create a repo for each OBS project, for example project 'Trunk' have a repo http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/. and there's also a repo file named Trunk.repo. zypper can help to add the repo to meego system, commands as follows:
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  zypper addrepo http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/Trunk.repo
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=== Add repo from remote http / ftp url ===
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  If the repo file is not exist, and we just know the repo base url (eg: http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/), pkcon command can help to add this repo, commands as follows:
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  zypper addrepo http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/
== Add new packages to an old repo ==
== Add new packages to an old repo ==
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== Local Repository in MeeGo ==
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Local repo is useful, and it does not depend on http server, and can be used to update/install packages with complicate dependency.
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==== How to Create a local repo ===
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You need to install createrepo first, and then prepare the RPMs you want to put them to repo:
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  cp XX/YY/*.rpm .
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  createrepo .
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=== How to use local repo in MeeGo ====
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  zypper addrepo -t plaindir file:///root/repo/ local

Revision as of 09:41, 1 July 2011

This page describes the basic steps to create and update a Zypper repo that can be used with MeeGo systems.

Contents

Why and when should I create a new repo?

Requirements

A useful repo should reside on a web server that your MeeGo client machines can access. The only requirement on the host server is that it runs an HTTP service and can share a directory. Either Linux or Windows IIS are fine. If you are using Windows as a web server, you do need another Linux machine to create and maintain the repo.

Create a repo

Add a repo to MeeGo

Package Management subsystem responsible for repo management.

Add repo from remote http / ftp server

OBS always create a repo for each OBS project, for example project 'Trunk' have a repo http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/. and there's also a repo file named Trunk.repo. zypper can help to add the repo to meego system, commands as follows: 

 zypper addrepo http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/Trunk.repo

Add repo from remote http / ftp url 

 If the repo file is not exist, and we just know the repo base url (eg: http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/), pkcon command can help to add this repo, commands as follows:

 zypper addrepo http://download.meego.com/live/Trunk/standard/

Add new packages to an old repo

Local Repository in MeeGo

Local repo is useful, and it does not depend on http server, and can be used to update/install packages with complicate dependency.

= How to Create a local repo

You need to install createrepo first, and then prepare the RPMs you want to put them to repo: 

 cp XX/YY/*.rpm .
 createrepo .

How to use local repo in MeeGo =

 zypper addrepo -t plaindir file:///root/repo/ local
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