Create your own debian packages and host your own linux repo!

Creating your debian package

This is an example!
Please change the email adress and vars and also the links!

creating new folder for your own deb package

mkdir -p nezuko/DEBIAN
mkdir -p nezuko/usr/bin/
vi nezuko/DEBIAN/control

sample control file (control):

Package: nezuko
Version: 0.0.1
Section: custom
Priority: optional
Architecture: all
Essential: no
Installed-Size: 1024
Maintainer: phoenixthrush.com
Description: does something nice

copy your executable files to nezuko/usr/bin (don´t forget to chmod it with +x)

building the deb file

dpkg-deb --build nezuko

now rename your nezuko.deb to something like nezuko_0.0.1-1_all.deb

Create new repo

now run that command to install gpg and dpkg-dev:

sudo apt install gnupg dpkg-dev -y

create a folder and cd into it and copy your deb files to that dir!

EMAIL="contact@phoenixthrush.com"

sudo apt install gnupg
gpg --full-gen-key
gpg --export-secret-keys "${EMAIL}" > my-private-key.asc
gpg --import my-private-key.asc
gpg --armor --export "${EMAIL}" > ./ultrasecretcert.gpg

dpkg-scanpackages --multiversion . > Packages
gzip -k -f Packages
apt-ftparchive release . > Release

gpg --default-key "${EMAIL}" -abs -o - Release > Release.gpg
gpg --default-key "${EMAIL}" --clearsign -o - Release > InRelease

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/phoenixthrush-archive-keyring.gpg] https://phoenixthrush.com/repo/stable ./" > phoenixthrush-packages.list 

Add new packages

EMAIL="contact@phoenixthrush.com"

dpkg-scanpackages --multiversion . > Packages
gzip -k -f Packages
apt-ftparchive release . > Release

gpg --default-key "${EMAIL}" -abs -o - Release > Release.gpg
gpg --default-key "${EMAIL}" --clearsign -o - Release > InRelease

Give that commands to your friends

remember that you used your own email and change phoenixthrush.com to your hosting url!
also backup your private key and move it to another location!

sudo curl -sSL https://phoenixthrush.com/repo/stable/ultrasecretcert.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/phoenixthrush-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null 2>&1
sudo curl -sSL --compressed -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/phoenixthrush-packages.list "https://phoenixthrush.com/repo/stable/phoenixthrush-packages.list" >/dev/null 2>&1
sudo apt update >/dev/null 2>&1

That are just basics, you can modify more things, like including an uninstall script!

search for more debian configs like (preinst, postinst, prerm, postrm files).
you would need to create an executable file inside the DEBIAN folder and name it like one of the above for example prerm for an uninstall script.
after that chmod it with 775 and +x.

thats it!
contact me at contact@phoenixthrush.com if you have questions and have fun creating your own repo!