SUSE Package Hub
Mohit Bansal
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About Me!
- Final Year Undergraduate
- Open Source Lover
- Loves to Tinker with my system
- openSUSE and Mozilla contributor
- Loves to Read and Travel
SUSE Package Hub
Community Project Repository for SLE
Don't know what I am talking about?
Don't worry!
Features
- Community Driven
- Open Source
- SUSE Approved
- Free as in freedom and Money as well
- Always There!
Software Packages?
- Are the files that you install on your system
- Those mysterious .deb, .rpm files are packages
Let's start with the basics!
Computer Program
- Set of instructions to do one task.
- Simple to code and understand.
- Easy to share and run.
Computer Software
- Set of programs to perform a set of tasks.
- Complex to code and understand.
- Difficult to share and run on different systems.
In Simple terms, ...
Software
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Program
Dependencies
License
Documentation and Manuals
Why didn't I know that before?
Because:
- Software Packages
- Documentation
- Community of helpful developers
Software Package
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is an archive of all program binaries
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that consists of documentation for users
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installation instruction for package manager
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They keep all the relevant files for a software at one place
Software Package
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Program Binaries
Meta Data
License
Documentation and Manuals
Dependencies
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Project Repository
- Repositories are basically file servers
- That contains a set of packages
- And serves the package manager
- Like a directory where you keep all your pictures etc.
Package Manager
- Think of a package manager like a mobile app store.
- It finds, download and install software for you
- It makes the life of users easy
So, how does it all work?
- Query by Package manager
- Response from Repository
- Verification by package manager
- Download
- Unpack
- And Install
The software installation!
And You won't have to worry about anything else!
OBS and OSC
Open Build Service
OBS
- Build Service used by openSUSE to build packages
- Available to all
- Free to use
- Can build for majority of systems and architecture
- Web Interface as well Command Line Interface
OSC, command line tool
- Can access OBS service via its API
- Easy to use
Let's make it!
Make a package on your using OBS
Need help?
The best part of open source is "Community"
No matter what, community will always be there to help you out.
Questions?
Resources
- https://rpm-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- https://openbuildservice.org/help/manuals/obs-beginners-guide/
Acknowledgements
- John Mertic
- Wolfgang Engel
- openSUSE community
- Local Communities like ILUGD and Pydelhi
Thank You!
SUSE Package Hub
By Mohit Bansal
SUSE Package Hub
Project presentation for SUSE Package Hub, a community based software package repository.
