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Why are there pre-compiled packages in repositories?

I love (the way) how Linux & Co. lets users install many packages from different repositories. AFAIK, they come also with source-packages, so you can compile them by yourself. But why even bother ...
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How to sign my own Arch Linux git packages for adding to a private repo?

I already have a GPG key configured. I have cloned the git source code package locally. I'm building in a chroot with extra-x86_64-build. I am able to build packages without signing and add them to ...
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How to temporarily disable and permanently disable repos in Debian based systems?

I know how to do it on Red Hat based systems. yum –disablerepo=* --enablerepo=epel update The above command will temporarily disable all repos and enable epel and update only epel packages. yum ...
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Yum repository throwing - [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download

I am building a Yum repository to install RPM packages. I am creating a folder mkdir -p ~/yum/el7/x86_64 and moving rpm file to it under same path given above. Here is my my-app.repo file info. [my-...
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How to generate the `Release` file on a local package repository?

CONTEXT With a local package repository, I'm able to provide my APT instances with a set of software packages and configurations from a server which I control, allowing any client to install this ...
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Debian packaging: mk-build-deps cannot install particular version of Build-Depends packages

I need to build a project which depends on the particular version of third-party library: ➜ cat debian/control Source: libhole-cpp Priority: optional Maintainer: Vitaly Isaev <[email protected]&...
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How to sign already built Debian package?

I have a project with a custom build-system, so the Debian package is just one of a targets: I do it with dpkg-deb. But now I want to upload my package to some enterprise repo - and I need some files ...
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