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Basic instructions for setting up a system-wide debpool archive with a
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debpool user/group:
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1. Create a debpool user and group by using the command:
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   adduser --system --group --shell /bin/bash
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   --gecos 'Debian Pool Manager' debpool
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   (Note that the command should be entered on one line; it is broken into
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   two parts for the ease of reading).
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2. If you do not wish to use /var/cache/debpool (the default location), you
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   must create a directory where you want the archive to be placed, and set
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   it's user/group appropriately. For example:
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   sudo mkdir /export/debpool
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   sudo chown debpool:debpool /export/debpool
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   sudo chmod a+rx /export/debpool
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   If you do wish to use /var/cache/debpool, it will need to be made
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   accessible to the debpool user and group. The only supported method of
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   doing this is to use dpkg-statoverride, as follows:
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   dpkg-statoverride --update --add debpool debpool 0755 /var/cache/debpool
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3. Create a logfile directory for debpool. The two most common choices are
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   /var/log/debpool (which mimics normal "system" log behavior), or
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   /home/debpool/.debpool (which mimics user-installation log behavior
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   on a default Debian system setup). Note this location for use in step 4.
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   For example:
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   sudo mkdir /var/log/debpool
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   sudo chown debpool:debpool /var/log/debpool
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   sudo chmod a+rx /var/log/debpool
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4. Edit /etc/debpool/Config.pm. The following items are of particular note:
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   * archive-dir (the archive directory chosen in step 2)
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     - You may wish to double-check the *_mode settings as well
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   * log_file (should reside in the directory chosen in step 3)
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   Run debpool once, to check that all of your configuration values are
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   correct, and to create the directory structure. For example:
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   sudo su - debpool /usr/bin/debpool
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5. Edit the crontab for user debpool, using the command:
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   sudo crontab -u debpool -e
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   You should add one of the following two sets of crontab entries to the
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   file, depending on how you want to run debpool:
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   (Periodic mode; example fires off hourly, at 13 minutes past the hour)
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   @reboot         /usr/bin/debpool --nodaemon
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   13 *   * * *    /usr/bin/debpool --nodaemon
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   (Daemon mode; fire off only on restart. Note that this should all be one
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   line, without the \, prefferably)
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   @reboot         /usr/bin/debpool --daemon
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   Note that the command line options given here will override any other
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   configurations, including those found in /etc/debpool/Config.pm,
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   ~/.debpool/Config.pm, and the default configurations.