README.md

apt-transport-github

Download GitHub Release assets directly from APT.

Quickstart

Note: replace ${owner} and ${repo} with the GitHub repository's owner and repo name.

1. Add a new APT source to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/${owner}_${repo}.sources:

   Types: deb
   URIs: github://${owner}/${repo}
   Suites: ./
   Trusted: yes
   Languages: none
   

2. Update packages:

   sudo apt update

3. List packages in this new repo:

   grep '^Package:' /var/lib/apt/lists/${owner}_${repo}_._Packages

4. Install:

   sudo apt install ${package}

Example

For this repo, I make the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/asasine_apt-transport-github.sources:

Types: deb
URIs: github://asasine/apt-transport-github
Suites: ./
Trusted: yes
Languages: none

And list packages with:

grep '^Package:' /var/lib/apt/lists/asasine_apt-transport-github_._Packages

To update this package:

sudo apt install apt-transport-github

Documentation

See docs/ for documentation on architecture and how to contribute.