The apt-repo Package

This package provides scripts to simplify generating the Debian-based repositories for courses. It can generate the repository structure and keys from scratch.

Dependencies

The following is an approximate and hasty list of dependencies:

• ROS
• bloom-generate

generate_packages.sh

This script generates .deb packages for each ROS package in a directory containing ROS packages.

bash generate_packages.sh <directory_to_scan_for_packages> [whether_to_bump_package_version_numbers]
bash generate_packages.sh ros_ws/src true

The script moves the generated .deb files to the directory where the script was run.

prep_repo.sh

This script creates the bare requirements for a Debian package-based repository. It is also useful to add a README.md and index.html file to the repository so that it can be a web page as well.

The new .deb files must be placed in the <base_name>-webpage/repo/main/pool directory. The prep_repo.sh script will generate the rest of the files required for the repository to work.

bash prep_repo.sh <base_name>
bash prep_repo.sh cwru-ecse-376

The <base_name>-webpage directory will be a separate git repository. If shared on the github, the git repository can be configured to be the webpage for the github organization contaning the repository. (The name of a repository is required to be the organization name with .github.io post-pended to it.)

Private Keys

The prep_repo.sh script generates the public and private keys necessary to create the Debian package repositories. The public keys are placed in the -webpage directories. The private keys are not stored in the apt-repo repository. The private keys should be managed in a safe location.

The prep-repo.sh script can use the <base_name>-key.private files (it generates) to install the keys into a local GPG/PGP key store so they are only required when creating the new repository.