Infrastructure: Apt Repositories

CS Club's offical Canadian Mirror for Ubuntu releases

With the support of University of Waterloo School of Computer Science, the CS Club provides an official Canadian mirror (mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) of many sites.

CSCF setup makes use of this Ubuntu repository as their main Apt sources configuration file.
Make sure this hosts "local apt key trust" has the ca-certificates package installed:
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates
Update /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -q -O - \ https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/infrastructure/setups/os/ubuntu/UW-CS-common/etc/apt/sources.list | sed -e "s/CodeName/`lsb_release -c -s`/" \ | sudo -s tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/uwcs-depot.list > /dev/null
Update apt's local database, checking output for problems with new setup:

sudo apt-get update

uwcs-depot of SCS Deb Metapackages

These packages allow people to easily duplicate the Linux environments used within the Cheriton School of Computer Science.

Add "depot.cs.uwaterloo.ca" gpg key to the local apt key trust.

	if [ `lsb_release -sr` \> 22 ]; then 
           wget -q -O - \
             https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/infrastructure/setups/certs/depot.pub.gpg.key \
	     | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/depot.pub.asc > /dev/null
	else 
	   wget -O - \
             https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/infrastructure/setups/certs/depot.pub.gpg.key \
	     | sudo apt-key add - 
        fi

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/uwcs-depot.list

       wget -q -O - \
         https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/infrastructure/setups/os/ubuntu/UW-CS-common/etc/apt/sources.list.d/uwcs-depot.list \
         | sed -e "s/CodeName/`lsb_release -c -s`/"       \
         | sudo -s tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/uwcs-depot.list > /dev/null

Update apt's local database:

sudo apt-get update

Update apt's local database, checking output for problems with new setup:: sudo apt-get update

If your host has access to the Internet, you can also consider using these repositories:

Ubuntu Partner Applications

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list

Use this repository for up-to-date versions of Acroread, Flash, Skype, UEX, SUN Java, OpenBravo...

Information from http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/canonical_partner

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -c -s` partner" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list'
Newer NVidia Card Drivers

Use “Graphics Drivers Team” team PPA to be able to access the latest nvidia drivers (needed for newer nvidia cards).

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-`lsb_release -sc`.list

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

Icinga Monitoring System

This is a customization of the "Add Icinga Package Repository" section of Install Icinga 2 on Ubuntu

Add "packages.icinga.com" gpg key to the local apt key trust.

	if [ `lsb_release -sr` \> 22 ]; then 
           wget -q -O - \
             https://packages.icinga.com/icinga.key \
	     | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/icinga.pub.asc > /dev/null
	else 
           wget -q -O - \
             https://packages.icinga.com/icinga.key \
	     | sudo apt-key add - 
        fi

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/icinga.list

	echo "deb https://packages.icinga.com/ubuntu icinga-`lsb_release -sc` main" \
            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/icinga.list > /dev/null
        echo "# deb-src https://packages.icinga.com/ubuntu icinga-`lsb_release -sc` main" \
            | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/icinga.list > /dev/null

Update apt's local database, checking output for problems with new setup:

sudo apt-get update

MicroSoft Teams

https://learn.microsoft.com › answers › questions › pr... Provide repository installation instructions instead of offering rpm and deb packages

Use this repository for newer versions of Microsoft Teams packages.

Information from Microsoft Learn: Provide repository installation instructions instead of offering rpm and deb packages

Setup key with:

        curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc  \
          | if [ `lsb_release -sr` \> 22 ]; then 
              sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/teams.pub.asc > /dev/null
            else 
              sudo apt-key add - 
            fi

Setup Apt repository with:

       echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main" \
            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list > /dev/null
       sudo apt update  
       sudo apt install teams

Google Chrome

Create https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/google_chrome

Use this repository for newer versions of Google Chrome packages.

Information from https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/google_chrome".

Setup key with:

       wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub \
          | sudo apt-key tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/linux_signing_key.asc \
                         > /dev/null
       curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub \
          | if [ `lsb_release -sr` \> 22 ]; then 
              sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/chrome.pub.asc > /dev/null
            else 
              sudo apt-key add - 
            fi

Setup Apt repository with:

        sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'

Mozilla Applications

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozillateam-ubuntu-ppa-$(lsb_release -s -c).list

Use this repository for up-to-date Firefox ESR and Thunderbird stable builds.

Information from "https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa".

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
Nextcloud

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nextcloud.list

Use this repository for up-to-date versions of Nextcloud Storage Software.

Information from https://launchpad.net/~nextcloud-devs/+archive/ubuntu/client

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nextcloud-devs/client
sudo apt-get update
Computer Language Applications

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-ubuntu-java-$(lsb_release -s -c).list

Use this repository for up-to-date versions of Oracle Java 8 JDKs.

Information from "https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java".

add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxuprising-ubuntu-java-$(lsb_release -s -c).list

Use this repository for up-to-date versions of Oracle Java 10 JDKs.

Information from "https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/install-oracle-java-10-in-ubuntu-or.html".

add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plt-racket-$(lsb_release -s -c).list

Use this repository for up-to-date versions of Racket computer language package.

Information from "https://launchpad.net/~plt/+archive/racket".

add-apt-repository ppa:plt/racket

PostgreSQL

This is a customization of UbuntuUpdates.org 3rd Party Repository: Postgresql

Add "apt.postgresql.org" gpg key to the local apt key trust.

	if [ `lsb_release -sr` \> 22 ]; then 
           wget -q -O - \
             https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc \
             | gpg --dearmor \
	     | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/apt.postgresql.org.gpg > /dev/null
	else 
           wget -q -O - \
             https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc \
	     | sudo apt-key add - 
        fi

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/uwcs-postgresql.list

       sudo sh -c \
	 echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/`lsb_release -c -s`-pgdg main" \
         | sudo -s tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/uwcs-postgresql.list > /dev/null'

Update apt's local database:

sudo apt-get update

Virtualbox

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/Virtualbox.list
Information from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

echo "deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian CodeName contrib" \
| sed -e "s/CodeName/`lsb_release -c -s`/" \
| sudo -s tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle_vbox.list > /dev/null

Deprecated Source since the Ubuntu comunity is no longer supporting them.

Multimedia Applications

Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Information from http://www.medibuntu.org/repository.php

sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list \
             http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list \
     && sudo apt-get --yes --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring \
     && sudo apt-get update

CSCF Infrastructure Technology Group

CS Club's offical Canadian Mirror for Ubuntu releases

uwcs-depot of SCS Deb Metapackages

If your host has access to the Internet, you can also consider using these repositories:

Icinga Monitoring System

Deprecated Source since the Ubuntu comunity is no longer supporting them.