Managing Repositories in INARY¶

inary package manager can download binary packages from repositories on local and remote servers. It allows adding and removing package repositories with a few commands.

Note

Repository operations needs privileges and can be allowed by only super user.

Adding Repository¶

Adding a repository in system making with inary add-repo command

Note

Repository url can be a file path.

Options¶

add-repo options:

--ignore-check: Ignore repository distribution check
--no-fetch: Does not fetch repository index and does not check distribution match
--at: Add repository at given position (0 is first)

Using¶

sh ~$ inary add-repo <repository-name> <repository-url>
sh ~$ inary ar <repository-name> <repository-url>

Hints¶

GPG key check is performed during the repository addition. This check action can be by-passed, if not bypass, the added repository will be deactivated

Removing Repository¶

Removing a repository in system making with inary remove-repo command

Using¶

sh ~$ inary remove-repo <repository-name>
sh ~$ inary rr <repository-name>

Update Repository¶

Refreshing the repository informations can be made with inary update-repo command. It synchronizes repository information whether index’s sha1sum has changed.

Options¶

update-repo options:

--f, --force: Update database in any case

Using¶

update-repo operation refreshes given repositor(y/ies) if the argument is given…

sh ~$ inary update-repo <repository-name>
sh ~$ inary ur <repository-name>

…but refreshes all repositories if no argument is given.

sh ~$ inary update-repo
sh ~$ inary ur

Hints¶

GPG key checking is also making when this process is happened. So, if you won’t confirm to pass this check action your updated repository will be deactivated.
Disable repositories will not updated unless otherwise specified.

Changing Activity of a Repository¶

There are two types of repository in the system: * Enable Repositories: added repositories are enabled by default. * Disable Repositories: if a GPG key error is occurred while adding/updating a repository, or, if the user requests this, the repositories are deactivated.

Enabling Repository¶

inary enable-repo command is used to activate a repository which has already deactivated.

sh ~$ inary enable-repo <repository-name>
sh ~$ inary er <repository-name>

Disabling Repository¶

inary disable-repo command is used to deactivate a repository.

sh ~$ inary disable-repo <repository-name>
sh ~$ inary dr <repository-name>