01-repository-setup.md

Repository Setup

Introduction

Package repositories store and distribute software packages. We'll set up a local repository for our custom packages.

Prerequisites

• Pacman configured
• Package building knowledge

Repository Structure

/repo/
├── core/
│   ├── core.db
│   └── packages...
├── extra/
│   ├── extra.db
│   └── packages...
└── custom/
    ├── custom.db
    └── packages...

Creating Repository

# Create directories
mkdir -p /repo/{core,extra,custom}

# Add packages to repository
repo-add /repo/core/core.db.tar.gz core-packages/*.pkg.tar.zst
repo-add /repo/extra/extra.db.tar.gz extra-packages/*.pkg.tar.zst
repo-add /repo/custom/custom.db.tar.gz custom-packages/*.pkg.tar.zst

Client Configuration

# Update pacman.conf
cat >> /etc/pacman.conf << EOF
[core]
Server = file:///repo/core

[extra]
Server = file:///repo/extra

[custom]
Server = file:///repo/custom
EOF

# Update database
pacman -Sy

Maintenance

# Update repository after adding packages
repo-add /repo/custom/custom.db.tar.gz new-package.pkg.tar.zst

# Remove old packages
paccache -rk 2  # Keep 2 versions

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Create repository directories and add initial packages.
• Exercise 2: Configure pacman to use the local repositories.

Next Steps

Proceed to Chapter 8 for security hardening.