Just a quick reply on this one. I managed to create repo entries for the files, but did not play with it too much as the version used throws errors when saving. I would perhaps need to make some changes for what packages are actually required, I just installed all of xyz/DEBS/ and xyz/DEBS/desktop-integration/. Generally when you check one package, it will also install all the things it relies on. From memory, I just created a local repository, bypassed the security checks "you are about to install software that cant be authenticated" and used the system package manager to install them. Worked fine.
>From quick inspection I did not take notes while having a look into this, as >was just seeing what was possible. I may have used dpkg-dev to generate the >file that apt-get reads from, I think the actual file was generated with >dpkg-scanpackages. I have an odd file with entries in it such as, Package: openoffice Version: 4.1.16-3 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Apache Software Foundation Installed-Size: 612 Depends: openoffice-ure, openoffice-core01, openoffice-core02, openoffice-core03, openoffice-core04, openoffice-core05, openoffice-core06, openoffice-core07, openoffice-images Replaces: openoffice.org3, openoffice.org3-dict-es, openoffice.org3-dict-en, openoffice.org3-dict-fr, ooobasis3.0-oooimprovement, ooobasis3.1-oooimprovement, ooobasis3.2-oooimprovement, ooobasis3.3-oooimprovement, ooobasis3.0-kde-integration, ooobasis3.1-kde-integration, ooobasis3.2-kde-integration, ooobasis3.3-kde-integration, ooobasis3.0-binfilter, ooobasis3.1-binfilter, ooobasis3.2-binfilter, ooobasis3.3-binfilter, ooobasis3.4-binfilter, ooobasis3.0-testtool, ooobasis3.1-testtool, ooobasis3.2-testtool, ooobasis3.3-testtool, ooobasis3.4-testtool, openoffice.org-bundled Provides: openoffice.org-unbundled Filename: ./Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.16_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-GB/openoffice_4.1.16-3_amd64.deb Size: 136432 MD5sum: 499a55024dffd82bd054e1abea2086f7 SHA1: fa5fadd2ff340c16a7e6f9efba77a64363600a3c SHA256: 88ca96e9d9d3c5b9ac76aa53f2fa21972348a5cc21aa00846c017208c32cf4fb Description: Brand module for OpenOffice 4.1.16 Copyright: 2012-2025 by The Apache Software Foundation Brand module for OpenOffice 4.1.16 I think this is what apt-get liked. During my search I found someone has made and hosted their own repository online, but from memory this was for an older version and not maintained. Anyways, this was just me testing to see if I could add AOO into the system package manager. Seems like it is possible and requires the generation of the file as above, and would also need I think a key generated to say the packages are legit and the files need to be linked. Maybe they already are linked, but by memory it did not work as expected. So will leave this as possible for now. Faithfully, Dean ________________________________ From: Pedro Lino via dev <[email protected]> Sent: 14 June 2026 19:21 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Pedro Lino <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Re; Creation of a repo for debian Hi Dean I think the major obstacle is not the absence of a repo but the fact that the DEB package produced by OpenOffice is not an installer (i.e. when you double click on it, it doesn't install). It is simply a package that needs to be manually extracted and installed. Therefore having it in a repo would not allow for updates (if I am not mistaken) Another more viable option would be to create a Flatpak or an Appimage (as I think they are a packaging of the executables and all the dependencies) I do not wish to discourage you (on the contrary!), just to provide some clarification (from my understanding as a non-programmer) All the best, Pedro > On 06/14/2026 9:34 AM WEST Dean Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > Would be great to have access to AOO from the package manager. Perhaps it is > straightforward to create a repo? > > A quick search found a guide at, > https://wiki.deimos.fr/creating-a-debian-repository/ > > Seems a few commands to create the files, then the repo can be hosted > somewhere on the server. I believe this would be helpful and enable another > pathway for access to AOO and updates. > > At this stage I am still learning, and in the process of a few things that > should help improve my understanding. > But making progress. Slow as it may be, progress is progress. > > Faithfully, > Dean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
