Debian private ppa or alternative

Question

I want to create a private ppa, but every answer (1, 2, 3) to "how do I create a private ppa?" has started with "Well, it's not going to be easy", something similar to that or just something that confused me.

Assuming that I know nothing about ppa's, apache-setup, servers, can someone either a) explain explicitly and clearly how this is done, b) explain an alternative (other than git) or c) at least point me in the right direction with a lot of verbosity so that I can begin to understand all of this? That is can someone provide me with a way of distributing a Debian package (preferably with a private ppa) and explain it very simply?

The solution now is to use git (it's 10 times easier than making a private ppa hosted on a private server), and git might be the right way to go, but I think for the future we still want to create a package, and we should probably know how to do this.

Answer 1

You may start at

• https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository
• https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/blog/bittner-195120/howto-build-your-own-debian-repository-2863/

Or ask for help on an IRC channel:

• https://wiki.debian.org/IRC#Debian_IRC_channels

To restrict access on a debian repository, a simple Basic authentication can be used if you are using HTTP protocol. If you are using FTP, you can use the login and the password of the user. If you are using SSH, you can use a public/private key access. Check it out: https://www.debian-administration.org/article/513/Restrict_Access_To_Your_Private_Debian_Repository