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# debfetcher # debfetcher
debfetcher automates fetching and installing certain .deb packages from apt repos. debfetcher enables fetching, installing and updating certain .deb packages from apt repos for non-Debian
distributions.
## Features ## Features
- apt signature and package checksum verification - apt signature and package checksum verification
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Examples for such packages are: Brave, Signal-Desktop, Element-Desktop, Spotify etc. Examples for such packages are: Brave, Signal-Desktop, Element-Desktop, Spotify etc.
debfetcher can fetch such packages from the official apt repos. debfetcher can fetch such packages from the official apt repos and keep them up to date.
The binaries in the .deb actually work on other distributions (often) The binaries in the .deb actually work on other distributions (often)
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## User-level installation ## User-level installation
If you don't need/want a system-wide installation , debfetcher can be used to install a package in your local user profile. Therefore, debfetcher can be used without polluting your /. If you don't need/want a system-wide installation of a package, debfetcher can be used to install a package in your local user profile. Therefore, debfetcher can be used without polluting your /.
Refer to `debfetcher.user.conf.sample` to change the appropriate settings. Refer to `debfetcher.user.conf.sample` to change the appropriate settings.
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DEBFETCHER_CONFIG="/path/to/debfetcher.user.conf" ./debfetcher.sh get signal DEBFETCHER_CONFIG="/path/to/debfetcher.user.conf" ./debfetcher.sh get signal
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Note: The config/data directories of the installed packages won't change, which may or may not be
problematic.
## Usage ## Usage
### Install a package ### Install a package
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