Binary deb package repository for the Armbian distribution

On a Debian-based system

sudo apt install devscripts debhelper fakeroot
git clone git@github.com:armbian/apa.git
cd apa
debuild -uc -us

echo deb [trusted=yes] https://github.armbian.com/apa current main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian-apa.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install armbian-common

This repository defines and provides a number of (virtual) armbian-* packages. For example, there are a few armbian-desktop-* packages to aid in getting different desktop environments safely installed and running. Board- and arch-specific packages are another common package.

Packages in Depends: cannot be uninstalled as long as the meta-package in question resides on the host computer. Packages in Recommends: and Suggests: will be kept installed if they already are but they can be removed manually or if a package conflict requires it. Packages in Suggests need to be manually selected for installation. Packages in Recommends: can be configured to be installed automatically.

Packages from Depends of armbian-common define Armbian minimal images (network, sshd and succesful boot). Adding the Recommends defines the CLI images. Desktop image flavors include both Depends and Recommends from their respective meta packages.