303¶
The http://stappers.it/do303/ service is a lookup table. Give it a package name and it returns a download URL. With wget as query tool you have also have a fetch tool.
It is like apt-get download without edits on /etc/apt/sources.list And the apt-get update part is done at server side.
Demo¶
See it in action to get the idea.
Non-free firmware¶
You have a new computer. With all libre software. But some firmware is in non-free.
$ wget http://stappers.it/do303/firmware-iwlwifi.deb
--2016-07-17 09:24:49-- http://stappers.it/do303/firmware-iwlwifi.deb
Resolving stappers.it (stappers.it)... 77.72.145.78
Connecting to stappers.it (stappers.it)|77.72.145.78|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See other
Location: http://stappers.it/do303/debian/unstable/non-free/all/firmware-iwlwifi.deb [following]
--2016-07-17 09:24:49-- http://stappers.it/do303/debian/unstable/non-free/all/firmware-iwlwifi.deb
Connecting to stappers.it (stappers.it)|77.72.145.78|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
Location: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_20160110-1_all.deb [following]
--2016-07-17 09:24:49-- http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_20160110-1_all.deb
Resolving ftp.nl.debian.org (ftp.nl.debian.org)... 2001:67c:2564:a120::21, 130.89.149.21
Connecting to ftp.nl.debian.org (ftp.nl.debian.org)|2001:67c:2564:a120::21|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3799032 (3.6M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘firmware-iwlwifi.deb’
100%[============================================================>] 3,799,032 1.25MB/s in 2.9s
2016-07-17 09:24:52 (1.25 MB/s) - ‘firmware-iwlwifi.deb’ saved [3799032/3799032]
$ sudo dpkg --install firmware-iwlwifi.deb
Selecting previously unselected package firmware-iwlwifi.
(Reading database ... 230700 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack firmware-iwlwifi.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-iwlwifi (20160110-1) ...
Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (20160110-1) ...
$ rm firmware-iwlwifi.deb
So no changes on /etc/apt/sources.list, no risc of more non-free packages slipping in.
Newer in unstable¶
Example given with ansible
$ wget http://stappers.it/do303/ansible.deb
--2016-07-12 20:20:48-- http://stappers.it/do303/ansible.deb
Resolving stappers.it (stappers.it)... 77.72.145.78
Connecting to stappers.it (stappers.it)|77.72.145.78|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See other
Location: http://stappers.it/do303/debian/unstable/main/all/ansible.deb [following]
--2016-07-12 20:20:49-- http://stappers.it/do303/debian/unstable/main/all/ansible.deb
Reusing existing connection to stappers.it:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... No data received.
Retrying.
--2016-07-12 20:20:50-- (try: 2) http://stappers.it/do303/debian/unstable/main/all/ansible.deb
Connecting to stappers.it (stappers.it)|77.72.145.78|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
Location: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/ansible/ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb [following]
--2016-07-12 20:20:50-- http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/ansible/ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
Resolving ftp.nl.debian.org (ftp.nl.debian.org)... 130.89.149.21, 2001:67c:2564:a120::21
Connecting to ftp.nl.debian.org (ftp.nl.debian.org)|130.89.149.21|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1284428 (1.2M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ansible.deb’
100%[==============================================>] 1,284,428 969KB/s in 1.3s
2016-07-12 20:20:51 (969 KB/s) - ‘ansible.deb’ saved [1284428/1284428]
$ sudo dpkg --install ansible.deb
(Reading database ... 229798 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ansible.deb ...
Unpacking ansible (2.1.0.0-1) over (1.7.2+dfsg-2) ...
Setting up ansible (2.1.0.0-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
$ rm ansible.deb
More examples¶
By typing more, you get more.
Previous examples were using short format, packagename.type.
Long format is distro/suite/component/architecture/packagename.type.
Backport¶
letsencrypt:
wget http://stappers.it/do303/debian/jessie-backports/main/arm64/letsencrypt.deb
Other Distros¶
Yes, see Distro and repository website. Example given:
wget http://stappers.it/do303/zorin-os/wily/main/amd64/base-files.deb
Script what should be downloaded¶
To see what will be downloaded, replace .deb with .scr. As in:
wget http://stappers.it/do303/ansible.scr
Now you have a script ansible.scr with download URL and content like
# shell commands
wget -O ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb --progress=dot:mega \
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/ansible/ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
echo "1ee339605187310c0aab47656c956990e38ab716d8b248a4397c52732b804158 sha256 sum should match"
sha256sum ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
echo sudo dpkg -i ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
Next step could be bash ansible.scr. Output to expect.
--2016-07-17 16:09:31-- http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/ansible/ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
Resolving ftp.nl.debian.org (ftp.nl.debian.org)... 2001:67c:2564:a120::21, 130.89.149.21
Connecting to ftp.nl.debian.org (ftp.nl.debian.org)|2001:67c:2564:a120::21|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1284428 (1.2M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb’
0K ........ ........ ... 100% 782K=1.6s
2016-07-17 16:09:32 (782 KB/s) - ‘ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb’ saved [1284428/1284428]
1ee339605187310c0aab47656c956990e38ab716d8b248a4397c52732b804158 sha256 sum should match
1ee339605187310c0aab47656c956990e38ab716d8b248a4397c52732b804158 ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i ansible_2.1.0.0-1_all.deb
It is up to you to do sudo dpkg --install PACKAGE or not.
