Sources list generation on Ubuntu based distros

[dbahr]

Hello everyone,

I am not quite sure this belongs here, yet is the closest category i have found.

My issue: i am developing a customization of ubuntu for my company, as we mirror ubuntu repositories it would be great that the distro's sources.list be configured for using our repos instead of ubuntu's official on install, without the need of me going PC by PC making such configuration myself... How could this be achieved? Is there documentation about it? I have only managed to find data on how to configure the sources.list after installation.

Best regards,

D.H. Bahr

[wishes]

There used to be a nifty thing called apt-setup but i suspect it got left with debian. Try this though
http://www.howtoforge.com/generate_sources.list_with_source_o_matic
Replace the text you paste into it with the following (might want to replace the nz for us though in the urls)

velofille@apple:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick universe
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-security multiverse

[dbahr]

Wishes,

what i am looking for is not a tool for correcting sources.list once installed the system, but a way of making the default sources.list to point to our own repos without need of editing them in any manner after the installation process. For short: i want to create an Ubuntu Installer disk that creates a sources.list with the following repositories:



http://10.0.0.32/ maverick main restricted universe multiverse
http://10.0.0.32/ maverick-updates main restricted universe multiverse
http://10.0.0.32/ maverick-security main restricted universe multiverse
Note that IP addresses are just an example and not the real ones...

Best regards,

D.H. Bahr

[wishes]

Ahh , are you going to use the same list on several installers? you can easily remaster your own ubuntu install cd if needed (there are several tutorials about) - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization
This is sort of related but probably not helpful https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine