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Debian packages in the Package Registry (FREE)
Introduced in GitLab 14.1.
WARNING: The Debian package registry for GitLab is under development and isn't ready for production use due to limited functionality.
Publish Debian packages in your project's Package Registry. Then install the packages whenever you need to use them as a dependency.
Project and Group packages are supported.
For documentation of the specific API endpoints that Debian package manager clients use, see the Debian API documentation.
Enable Debian repository feature
Debian repository support is still a work in progress. It's gated behind a feature flag that's disabled by default. GitLab administrators with access to the GitLab Rails console can opt to enable it.
To enable it:
Feature.enable(:debian_packages)
To disable it:
Feature.disable(:debian_packages)
Build a Debian package
Creating a Debian package is documented on the Debian Wiki.
Create a Distribution
On the project-level, Debian packages are published using Debian Distributions. To publish
packages on the group level, create a distribution with the same codename
.
To create a project-level distribution:
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/<project_id>/debian_distributions?codename=unstable
Example response:
{
"id": 1,
"codename": "unstable",
"suite": null,
"origin": null,
"label": null,
"version": null,
"description": null,
"valid_time_duration_seconds": null,
"components": [
"main"
],
"architectures": [
"all",
"amd64"
]
}
More information on Debian distribution APIs:
Publish a package
Once built, several files are created:
.deb
files: the binary packages.udeb
files: lightened .deb files, used for Debian-Installer (if needed).tar.{gz,bz2,xz,...}
files: Source files.dsc
file: Source metadata, and list of source files (with hashes).buildinfo
file: Used for Reproducible builds (optional).changes
file: Upload metadata, and list of uploaded files (all the above)
To upload these files, you can use dput-ng >= 1.32
(Debian bullseye):
cat <<EOF > dput.cf
[gitlab]
method = https
fqdn = <login>:<your_access_token>@gitlab.example.com
incoming = /api/v4/projects/<project_id>/packages/debian
EOF
dput --config=dput.cf --unchecked --no-upload-log gitlab <your_package>.changes
Install a package
The Debian package registry for GitLab is under development, and isn't ready for production use. You cannot install packages from the registry. However, you can download files directly from the UI.