# Creating a Debian Repository

Below are instructions for creating your own Debian repository. The instructions are based on [repository-howto.en.html](https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/)

```bash
REPO_DIR={pick some location}
mkdir $REPO_DIR
mkdir $REPO_DIR/binary
mkdir $REPO_DIR/source
cp *.deb *.ddeb $REPO_DIR/binary
cd $REPO_DIR
dpkg-scanpackages binary  /dev/null | gzip -9c > binary/Packages.gz
dpkg-scansources  source  /dev/null | gzip -9c > source/Sources.gz
```

## Using the Debian repository you just created

One needs to add a new file to the `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/` directory. For instance a new file called `mariadb.list`

```bash
# sergey's MariaDB repository
#
deb file:///home/psergey/testrepo binary/
deb-src file:///home/psergey/testrepo source/
```

after which one can run

```bash
apt-get update  # Let apt learn about the new repository
apt-get install mariadb-server
```

and collect bugs :-).

`apt-get install` will spray output of scripts and servers all over `/var/log`. It is also possible to set `DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG=1` to get some (not all) of it to `stdout`.

## Cleaning up after failed installation

Run

```bash
dpkg --get-selections | grep mariadb
dpkg --get-selections | grep mysql
```

to see what is installed, and then

```bash
dpkg --purge <packages>
```

until the former produces empty output. Note: after some failures, `/etc/mysql` and `/var/lib/mysql` are not cleaned and still need to be removed manually.

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