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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) F-Droid Server
applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, ==============
install, and keep track of updates on your device.
Server for [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org), the Free Software repository system
for Android.
The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to
maintain the main F-Droid application repository. You can use these same tools maintain the main [F-Droid application repository](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse).
to create your own additional or alternative repository for publishing, or to You can use these same tools to create your own additional or alternative
assist in creating, testing and submitting metadata to the main repository. repository for publishing, or to assist in creating, testing and submitting
metadata to the main repository.
For documentation, please see the docs directory. For documentation, please see the docs directory.
Alternatively, visit [https://f-droid.org/manual/](https://f-droid.org/manual/) Alternatively, visit [https://f-droid.org/manual/](https://f-droid.org/manual/).
What is F-Droid?
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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse,
install, and keep track of updates on your device.
Installing Installing
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The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Ubuntu, Mint or other The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Ubuntu, Mint or other
Ubuntu based distributions, you can install using: Ubuntu based distributions, you can install using:
sudo apt-get install fdroidserver ```
sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
```
For older Ubuntu releases or to get the latest version, you can get For older Ubuntu releases or to get the latest version, you can get
`fdroidserver` from the Guardian Project PPA (the signing key `fdroidserver` from the Guardian Project PPA (the signing key
fingerprint is `6B80 A842 07B3 0AC9 DEE2 35FE F50E ADDD 2234 F563`) fingerprint is `6B80 A842 07B3 0AC9 DEE2 35FE F50E ADDD 2234 F563`)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa ```
sudo apt-get update sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa
sudo apt-get install fdroidserver sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
```
On OSX, `fdroidserver` is available from third party package managers, On OSX, `fdroidserver` is available from third party package managers,
like Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fink: like Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fink:
sudo brew install fdroidserver ```
sudo brew install fdroidserver
```
For Arch-Linux is a package in the AUR available. If you have installed
`yaourt` or something similiar, you can do:
```
yaourt -S fdroidserver
```
For any platform where Python's `easy_install` is an option (e.g. OSX For any platform where Python's `easy_install` is an option (e.g. OSX
or Cygwin, you can use it: or Cygwin, you can use it:
sudo easy_install fdroidserver ```
sudo easy_install fdroidserver
```
Python's `pip` also works: Python's `pip` also works:
sudo pip install fdroidserver ```
sudo pip install fdroidserver
```
The combination of `virtualenv` and `pip` is great for testing out the The combination of `virtualenv` and `pip` is great for testing out the
latest versions of `fdroidserver`. Using `pip`, `fdroidserver` can latest versions of `fdroidserver`. Using `pip`, `fdroidserver` can
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For Debian based distributions: For Debian based distributions:
apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv ```
apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv
```
Then here's how to install: Then here's how to install:
git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git ```
cd fdroidserver git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git
virtualenv env/ cd fdroidserver
source env/bin/activate virtualenv env/
pip install -e . source env/bin/activate
python2 setup.py install pip install -e .
python2 setup.py install
```