🆕 [RPM users] Feedback on new package feed

[shiftkey]

I'm looking to migrate away from PackageCloud for many reasons, and after a bunch of false starts I have a new server setup with the necessary keys and bits that this should work as-is:

https://rpm.packages.shiftkey.dev/

Relevant steps:

• install the GPG key associated with the signing key

> sudo rpm --import https://rpm.packages.shiftkey.dev/gpg.key

Note: I've stumbled into some issues with importing the key on specific versions of rpm - rpm-software-management/rpm#1977 - which meant that CentOS 8.5 didn't work for me, but I haven't been able to spot why the key wasn't being consumed (it's generated using SHA256) and I was able to test this with RHEL 9.1 and didn't see any issues with this step.

• add the package feed to apt

> sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[shiftkey-packages]\nname=GitHub Desktop\nbaseurl=https://rpm.packages.shiftkey.dev/rpm/\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://rpm.packages.shiftkey.dev/gpg.key" > /etc/yum.repos.d/shiftkey-packages.repo'

Note: I've set gpgcheck=1 and repo_gpgcheck=1 here as that seems to work with this setup, but if you encounter GPG issues with the key it may be worth tweaking this setup to relax the checks.

• Refresh the feed

> sudo yum update

If you have a previous version of github-desktop installed, you should be able to upgrade to the latest release from earlier this week, otherwise you can manually install the latest version 3.1.7-linux1:

> sudo yum install github-desktop

Before I update the docs to point everyone to this I figure I'd open this up to anyone who wants to test it out and ensure I haven't missed any details...

[sarim]

gpg imports and repo works, but interesting error when actually installing it. Fedora 36.

  ~    sudo dnf update github-desktop
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:20 ago on Tue 21 Feb 2023 04:42:43 AM +06.
Dependencies resolved.
========================================================================================================================
 Package                      Architecture         Version                        Repository                       Size
========================================================================================================================
Upgrading:
 github-desktop               x86_64               3.1.7.linux1-1                 shiftkey-packages                91 M

Transaction Summary
========================================================================================================================
Upgrade  1 Package

Total download size: 91 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
GitHubDesktop-linux-3.1.7-linux1.rpm                                                    2.5 MB/s |  91 MB     00:35
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                   2.5 MB/s |  91 MB     00:35
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing 'dnf clean packages'.
Error: Transaction test error:
  file /usr/lib/.build-id/a2/562c52725bb7caa27cd0de814ec368b8c45e7f from install of github-desktop-3.1.7.linux1-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package insomnia-2022.5.1-1.x86_64

[shiftkey]

@sarim yeah, that's something known #796

[ucihariskoding]

error: can't create transaction lock on /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/.rpm.lock (Permission denied)
error: https://rpm.packages.shiftkey.dev/gpg.key: key 1 import failed.

im using opensuse tumbleweed slowroll

[shiftkey]

@ucihariskoding that looks like a permissions error at the OS level, which I think is blocking the GPG key import. Did you run the command as sudo?

[ucihariskoding]

@ucihariskoding that looks like a permissions error at the OS level, which I think is blocking the GPG key import. Did you run the command as sudo?

yap, i used the command gpg key import as sudo

[ucihariskoding]

> dell7300@localhost:~> sudo zypper ref
> Repository 'base-non-oss' is up to date.                                        
> Repository 'base-oss' is up to date.                                            
> Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.                                  
> Repository 'google-chrome' is up to date.                                       
> Repository 'h264' is up to date.                                                
> Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' is up to date.                                 
> Repository 'home:pandom79' is up to date.                                       
> Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' is up to date.                                 
> Repository 'packman' is up to date.                                             
> Repository 'Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Tumbleweed)' is up to date.              
> Repository 'update' is up to date.                                              
> All repositories have been refreshed.
> dell7300@localhost:~> sudo zypper in github-desktop
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> 'github-desktop' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
> No provider of 'github-desktop' found.
> Resolving package dependencies...
> Nothing to do.
> dell7300@localhost:~> 

[ucihariskoding]

> dell7300@localhost:~> sudo zypper ref
> Repository 'base-non-oss' is up to date.                                        
> Repository 'base-oss' is up to date.                                            
> Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.                                  
> Repository 'google-chrome' is up to date.                                       
> Repository 'h264' is up to date.                                                
> Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' is up to date.                                 
> Repository 'home:pandom79' is up to date.                                       
> Repository 'openSUSE:Tumbleweed' is up to date.                                 
> Repository 'packman' is up to date.                                             
> Repository 'Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Tumbleweed)' is up to date.              
> Repository 'update' is up to date.                                              
> All repositories have been refreshed.
> dell7300@localhost:~> sudo zypper in github-desktop
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> 'github-desktop' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
> No provider of 'github-desktop' found.
> Resolving package dependencies...
> Nothing to do.
> dell7300@localhost:~> 

so i decided to install from flatpak