This repository serves as the Armbian Package Archive (APA) — a binary .deb package repository tailored specifically for the Armbian distribution.
Unlike general-purpose build systems such as Launchpad or Open Build Service (OBS), this repository is not intended as a universal publishing platform. Instead, it focuses on hardware enablement and system integration for single board computers (SBCs) supported by Armbian.
The primary goal of APA is to:
- Simplify software packaging and distribution for Armbian users and developers
- Collect, standardize, and publish packages that require specific integration or coordination with Armbian’s kernel, bootloader, or base system
- Ensure that packages work correctly together in the Armbian ecosystem
Packages are published at: https://github.armbian.com/apa/
This repository contains metadata, package configurations, and publishing logic to support automated and consistent package delivery to Armbian-based systems.
On a Debian-based system
sudo apt install devscripts debhelper fakeroot
git clone [email protected]:armbian/apa.git
cd apa
debuild -uc -us
echo deb [trusted=yes] https://github.armbian.com/apa current main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian-apa.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install armbian-common
This repository defines and provides a number of (virtual) armbian-* packages. For example, there are a few armbian-desktop-* packages to aid in getting different desktop environments safely installed and running. Board- and arch-specific packages are another common package.
Packages in Depends: cannot be uninstalled as long as the meta-package in question resides on the host computer. Packages in Recommends: and Suggests: will be kept installed if they already are but they can be removed manually or if a package conflict requires it. Packages in Suggests need to be manually selected for installation. Packages in Recommends: can be configured to be installed automatically.
Packages from Depends of armbian-common define Armbian minimal images (network, sshd and succesful boot). Adding the Recommends defines the CLI images. Desktop image flavors include both Depends and Recommends from their respective meta packages.
