[FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900 + Tablets-Dev Mirror + Scratchbox Mirror
 

MOD EDIT 22-04-2013: Since the migration is completed, the temporary repos are not needed. It should be fine using the default repos.

There have been at least 4 threads with people complaining about how to set things up till repo.maemo.org comes back up.

First things first, repo.maemo.org is down not because Council wants it that way but because there is some DNS issues causing akamai to leech the same content from the new infra; pending these issues being solved with Nokia's cooperation, skeiron.org is available for public usage.

- http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org

Skeiron is using data from 26/12/12

Using the default App Manager on the N900 (HAM), firstly, disable the repos that are down.

Pictures for those who need more details:

1) Open App Manager and click on the top bar
http://db.tt/CrmLt6wb


2) After clicking on "Application Catalogues", scroll down to those catalogues that have a red sign with exclamation mark as shown
http://db.tt/747RDjBu


3) Now for every of these catalogues, open them and click on "Disabled" to disable them and click "Save"
http://db.tt/LHLqmW5q


Now old repos have been disabled; when they come back up you can simply go back and untick the "Disabled" option for every one of them.


Now next stage is to add new catalogues or repos by clicking on the "New" button in the "Application Catalogues" menu as in "2)" above. Clicking on "New" you would get:
http://db.tt/DsLZvTO4


This is the place where you input the temporary mirror details.


For Community Repo:

• http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/community/ - Mirror 3
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Community - Mirror 3
Web address: http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/community/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free

  ---

For Community-Testing Repo:

• http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.m...unity-testing/ - Mirror 3
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Community-Testing - Mirror 3
Web address: http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/community-testing/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free

  ---

For Extras Repo:

• http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/extras/ - Mirror 3
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Extras - Mirror 3
Web address: http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/extras/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

  ---

For Extras-Devel Repo:

• http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.m.../extras-devel/ - Mirror 3
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Extras-Devel - Mirror 3
Web address: http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

  ---

For Extras-Testing Repo: - (not recommended)

• http://maemo-archive.wedrop.it/repos...xtras-testing/ - Mirror 1
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Extras-Testing - Mirror 1
Web address: http://maemo-archive.wedrop.it/repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

  ---

So that's all you need to do and run an update. In the worst-case scenario that you need a package and can't do the above the repos can be accessed via your browser and the package can be manually downloaded.


If the above isn't able to solve your queries; visit #maemo on freenode or post on this thread instead of sending mails to webmaster

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

Tablets-dev now open for public access pending it coming back up.

Vist http://skeiron.org/tablets-dev to access; please do not abuse.


Scratchbox:

Visit http://skeiron.org/scratchbox to access; please do not abuse.

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

Thanks so much omg been looking for a post like this awesome thank for taking the time to do this. Also what about CSSU repos are they down or do they work?

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

For Community Repo:

• http://maemo-archive.wedrop.it/repos...org/community/ - Mirror 1
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Community - Mirror 1
Web address: http://maemo-archive.wedrop.it/repository.maemo.org/community/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free

  ---

• http://maemo.merlin1991.at/apt-mirror/community/ - Mirror 2
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Community - Mirror 2
Web address: http://maemo.merlin1991.at/apt-mirror/community/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

  ---

• http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/community/ - Mirror 3
  
  Code:

  ---

  Catalogue Name: Community - Mirror 3
Web address: http://skeiron.org/repo/repository.maemo.org/community/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free

  ---

For first two I get "Hash Sum mismatch". Skeiron's repo doesn't report error, but it's without latest stable (v6) update.

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

kolos,

Indeed this is an issue from repo.maemo.org; nothing that we can do till it comes back up... Its recommended to stay with skeiron as although its not the latest; its not the oldest and it has no hash sum mismatch issue...

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

CSSU-Stable = Community in OP

CSSU-Testing = Community-Testing in OP

CSSU-Thumb was never on repo.maemo.org so no worries...

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

I presume I will have to add the mirrors if I'm using the Faster Application manager...right?

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

Do the changes in HAM not Faster Application Manager... fapman will surely read the changes made in HAM iirc...

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

These are repos without error (hash sum mismatch):

Re: [FOR DUMMIES] Add temporary mirrors of repo.maemo.org to N900
 

Are you telling me that all this time I have been updating the repo lists in both app managers unnecessarily?

[Half an hour later...]

Err, no. FAM does not pick up the changes made in HAM. I had to update both.

Oh, and as kolos said, the merlin mirror gives me hash mishmash but the recommended skeiron mirror is not a cure: it gives me "sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)". What am I doing wrong?