Periapt

Periapt is a simple tool for generating a Debian (apt) package repository.

To use Periapt, first build your .deb package files, and lay them out on disk as shown:

packages/

    # Create a directory under your root package folder for every
    # distribution (i.e., Debian or Ubuntu) release for which you build
    # packages:
    └ precise/

        # Under each distribution directory, create a directory for each
        # component of your distibution:
        └ main/

            # Finally, under each component directory, include your .debs:
            └ python3.3_3.3.4-1_amd64.deb
            └ python3.3-setuptools_2.2-1_any.deb
        └ devel/
            └ python3.3-dev_3.3.4-1_amd64.deb
    └ wheezy/
        └ main/
            └ python3.3_3.3.4-1_amd64.deb
            └ python3.3-setuptools_2.2-1_any.deb
        └ devel/
            └ python3.3-dev_3.3.4-1_amd64.deb

Make sure the user under which you're running Periapt has your package signing key installed in its GnuPG keyring. Then:

$ periapt \
    'Thumbtack' \ # title of your repository
    ~/packages \  # path to your .deb package tree
    /srv/apt      # path where the package tree should be generated

To sign your repository with a specific key instead of the GnuPG default, add the --key option and pass the key ID.

License

Periapt is distributed under the terms of the 3-clause BSD license. See COPYING.