How do people get their programs onto apt-get?
I'm interested in someday publishing command-line games for the Raspberry Pi, and I wondered how people get their programs onto the apt-get command.
Anyone know?
Posted Apr 26, 2016, 10:30 PM UTC
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apt-get is a dependency/package manager. When you update the package lists, it basically refreshes repositories and tells you which packages have updates (it does more, but I'm simplifying). A stock Raspbian install has the official Raspbian repos, Ubuntu has theirs, etc.
You can add your own repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list (or in another file in that folder). This file contains the official repositories.
Of course, not all distros use apt-get. Some, like Fedora and related distros, use rpm. I assume that repository-wise it is similar to set up, but I could be wrong.
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Get added to the universe repo by submitting to Debian. I did this for EasyCrypt a long time ago. (Before Truecrypt had a Linux GUI)
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What do you write your programs in? Is there a particular package manager for that, such as pip for python?
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You need to find an established debian developer to sponser your package.
http://mentors.debian.net/sponsors
It's easier to file an rfp bug, see https://wiki.debian.org/RFP , and hope that someone will package it for you. But if that doesn't happen you can go the sponsor route.