Debian and Ubuntu repositories
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-Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-July 2011
+Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
+September 2016
== When should you use our repositories?
In general, you should use the repositories of your distribution. Adding
third-party repositories to your +/etc/sources.list+ has security implications
-and makes your +apt-get update+ take longer. However, in some cases, using our
-repositories makes sense:
+and makes your +apt-get update+ take longer.
-You are using Debian stable::
+If you are using Debian stable::
The latest version of i3 will be in Debian testing quite soon. The version
in Debian stable can be old, however (we cannot update it after stable has
been released). The best way is to add Debian testing and tell +apt+ to
prefer Debian stable. You should *not* use our repository.
-You are using Ubuntu::
+ Alternatively, you can also use
+ link:http://backports.debian.org/[stable-backports (e.g. wheezy-backports for
+ Debian wheezy)].
+If you are using Ubuntu::
Only a handful of packages are maintained by Ubuntu developers. The rest is
synchronized periodically from Debian, every 6 months. Therefore, Ubuntu
often includes old versions of i3. You should use our Ubuntu repository.
-You want the latest i3 development version::
- If you are using Debian (Debian-derived systems might work, too) and want
- the latest development version of i3, you should use our Debian repository.
+If you want the latest i3 development version::
+ If you are using Debian (Debian-derived systems might work, too) or Ubuntu
+ and want the latest development version of i3, you should use our Debian
+ repository.
== Ubuntu repository
-The Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable release
-of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
+=== Stable releases
+
+This Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable
+release of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+TODO: Replace dpkg -i with apt install ./ below after 2019-05.
+See https://github.com/i3/i3.github.io/pull/35
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
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+$ /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/pool/main/s/sur5r-keyring/sur5r-keyring_2018.01.30_all.deb keyring.deb SHA256:baa43dbbd7232ea2b5444cae238d53bebb9d34601cc000e82f11111b1889078a
+# dpkg -i ./keyring.deb
+# echo "deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ $(grep '^DISTRIB_CODENAME=' /etc/lsb-release | cut -f2 -d=) universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sur5r-i3.list
+# apt update
+# apt install i3
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+All Ubuntu versions which are currently supported by Ubuntu itself are also supported by
+this repository. See link:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases[Ubuntu releases] for details.
+
+Packages for unsupported Ubuntu versions might exist but may disappear any time.
+
+=== Development releases
+
+This Ubuntu repository contains packages which are automatically built a few
+minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
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-# echo 'deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ natty universe' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
-# apt-get update
-# apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install sur5r-keyring
-# apt-get install i3
+$ /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild-ubuntu/pool/main/i/i3-autobuild-keyring/i3-autobuild-keyring_2016.10.01_all.deb keyring.deb SHA256:460e8c7f67a6ae7c3996cc8a5915548fe2fee9637b1653353ec62b954978d844
+# apt install ./keyring.deb
+# echo 'deb http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild-ubuntu xenial main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list
+# apt update
+# apt install i3
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-The following Ubuntu versions are currently available: maverick, natty.
+Development versions are only available for the latest version of Ubuntu, which
+is xenial at the moment.
== Debian repository
minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
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-# echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/debian/i3-wm sid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
-# apt-get update
-# apt-get install i3-wm
+$ /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild/pool/main/i/i3-autobuild-keyring/i3-autobuild-keyring_2016.10.01_all.deb keyring.deb SHA256:460e8c7f67a6ae7c3996cc8a5915548fe2fee9637b1653353ec62b954978d844
+# apt install ./keyring.deb
+# echo 'deb http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild sid main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list
+# apt update
+# apt install i3
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+== Preferring the autobuilder version of i3
+
+On installations where you have multiple sources (stable and testing, or
+testing and unstable for example), +apt-get install i3+ might not get you the
+autobuilder version.
+
To ensure that the autobuilt i3 packages will be preferred to the packages of
-your distribution, put the following entry *at the beginning* of your
-+/etc/apt/preferences+:
+your distribution, create the file
++/etc/apt/preferences.d/00-i3-autobuild.pref+ with the following contents:
----------------------------
-Package: *
-Pin: origin "build.i3wm.org"
+Package: i3*
+Pin: origin "dl.bintray.com"
Pin-Priority: 1001
----------------------------
-Then, install +i3-wm+.
+Then, run +apt-get update+ and install +i3+.
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