Introduction

A while ago, I started making a few packages for the debian GNU/Linux distribution and to host them in my repositories at http://apt.racinet.org.

The packages are meant for my own convenience, but people are free to use them, provided they keep the following facts in mind:

Critical warning

  • the packages are meant to quickly set up testing instances on fresh servers. I personally install them mostly on short-lived virtual machines
  • DO NOT use them for production servers, or even servers that will be accessible from the internet. Notably, most passwords are obvious
  • they are in no way meant to become part of the standard debian distribution. This is true in terms of size, upgrade capabilities, naming convention standards, location of the installed files, etc.
  • in some cases, you might get version conflicts with parts of the standard distribution.
  • I won't accept any liability, nor do I warranty that you may use them to any profit.

That being said, you may find it practical to use them as a base for more serious installations. This is entirely up to you, and under your responsibility.

How to use

The package list is signed with my PGP key. You need to feed it to apt. If you don't, you'll get warnings that packages are from untrusted sources.

gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 0x4862FFF7
gpg -a --export 0x4862FFF7 | sudo apt-key add -

The next step is to add the repositories to the apt system. Put the following two lines at the beginning of your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://apt.racinet.org/debian lenny main
deb http://apt.racinet.org/opt-debian lenny main

This has of course to be adapted in case you're running etch or sarge instead of the (current stable) lenny.

Next, all you have to do is update the package lists, and the packages will be available:

sudo aptitude update
aptitude search opt-zope-cps # example