Support for packages provided by third parties in external repositories
Registered by
Matt Zimmerman
Some software cannot be incorporated into Ubuntu's comprehensive package repositories. We should explore options for providing Ubuntu users with convenient access to such software.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Mark Shuttleworth
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Michael Vogt
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Michael Vogt
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for dapper
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Matt Zimmerman
- Completed by
- Matt Zimmerman
Whiteboard
Reviewed by smurf, 3 Nov.
Approved by sabdfl, Nov 5, 2005.
Support for easy/save installing of deb packages is in the archive as "gdebi".
Support for "channels" (via a sources.list.d directory) in apt is in archive.
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