[CaseyVGC]

Creating a Cydia Repository in Windows is really manual and requires a lot of things to do so.

Requirements:
DEB Making Skills (Guide)
Really Good WebHosting
WinSCP (4.2.6 +)
7zip
HashCheck Shell Extention

1. The DEB
A. I already made a deb tutorial here. This is also in Windows.

2. Setup
A. Make a Folder on Your Desktop called "Repo" or "Cydia". Doesnt matter.
B. Inside that Folder make a folder called "debs". Copy your DEBs in this folder.

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3. Packages Files
A. Make a New File in the "Repo" folder called "Packages" without an extention.
B. Inside the "Packages" File, copy all the contents of your control file into it.
(You can use Notepad or Wordpad for this)

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C. Make a New Field called "Filename:"
This field here tells cydia where the deb file is.

For Example said:

./debs/yourdebnamehere.deb

Here's mine

Filename: ./debs/2x.nu.csdev.xpref_1.2.5-2.deb

D. Make a New Field called "Size:"
You get this by Right Click -> Properties on your deb file. Then where it says size copy the number in parentheses and NO COMMAS.

My Example:

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Size: 31776

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E. The last field to add is "MD5sum:"
You had to install HashCheck Shell Extention first. Then Right Click -> Properties -> Checksum Tab.
Copy the text next to MD5.

My Example

MD5sum: 439d71aebd32744b8bc9dbc71592afad

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F. Your Done with this file now save it.

Here is how mine looks like, yours should be similar to mines.


4. Packages.bz2 File
A. Open up 7zip and Make a bzip2 archive out of the Packages file

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Your Directory:


5. Release File
A. Make a file called "Release" without extentions.
B. Copy the text in but replace it with your info

Origin: CS Development
Label: CS Dev Repo
Suite: stable
Version: 1.0
Codename: tangelo
Architectures: iphoneos-arm
Components: main
Description: The Official CS Development Repository. The first and only repo created in Windows 7.

More Information on this:

Origin: Name of your repo
Label: Header when the user taps your repo
Suite: stable
Version: 1.0
Codename: stable
Architectures: darwin-arm
Components: main
Description: Description of your repo

C. Save the file

Directory structure:


6. Upload to WebHost
A. Upload your "Repo" folder to your root directory
Mine is at; http://csdev.2x.nu/repo/

7. Add Source to Cydia
Add your source to cydia and hope it works

8. Test Packages
If your source worked successfully then install your package and hope that works.

If everything works, then you made your first repo in Windows.

More Tutorials:

Repo Icons [Undone]
Depiction [Undone]

Depiction Templates

This post has been edited by iCasey: 21 March 2010 - 09:41 PM

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[xKaikz]

Very, very nice. Will try later and post results.

[mygrave]

thanxx iCasey... this is really a helpful tutorial... definitely will try this...

[CaseyVGC]

I'll setup a test FTP account for you people if you need test repo space.

[shmi117]

Hey iCasey. Thanks for the tutorial. I'll have to get to this sometime. Oh and I might need you to test it, when I make it.

[Nintendofanthr33]

Well thanks! I'm too lazy to setup a new computer with Linux or a Virtual Machine.
Works fine :D

[CaseyVGC]

Ok thanks for the feedback. Just making some minor revisions

[Pleasedeletethisaccount373]

Looks very nice I might try it some time.

[Azunyan]

Thank you very much! This worked perfectly! I was wondering how do you add a repo icon?
If I can get that then it will be perfect :D Thanks for this!

[iWinterBoard]

The repo icon would be cool. Great guide. I have been looking for something like this for months.

[SoSly]

you can add a repo icon by

[iWinterBoard]

Does anyone have a good depiction HTML/CSS they could share? I saw it somewhere else but now I can't find it.

[SoSly]

Which host is good for a repo as I know that some of them shutdown the domains that are used for repos.

[Jimbohurt]

Thanks a lot for this iCasey

[iWinterBoard]

@SoSly. I highly recommend TheForumForge. They are seriously the best. I use them for a few of my websites. And they allow just about anything as long as it's legal. Here's a link: http://theforumforge.com I would post my affiliate link but is that allowed? Use that february code and the hosting is only $1.25. :D

[CaseyVGC]

iWinterBoard said:

Does anyone have a good depiction HTML/CSS they could share? I saw it somewhere else but now I can't find it.

I have the code for your depiction. But is TS.

SoSly said:

Which host is good for a repo as I know that some of them shutdown the domains that are used for repos.

I use Host2x for my repo.

Jimbohurt said:

Thanks a lot for this iCasey

No problem here

iWinterBoard said:

@SoSly. I highly recommend TheForumForge. They are seriously the best. I use them for a few of my websites. And they allow just about anything as long as it's legal. Here's a link: http://theforumforge.com I would post my affiliate link but is that allowed? Use that february code and the hosting is only $1.25. :D

Yeah you can't do affililate links.

[iWinterBoard]

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I have the code for your depiction. But is TS.

Why is it top secret?

[xKaikz]

iWinterBoard said:

Why is it top secret?

Because the UFSHPPM will hunt you down.

[CaseyVGC]

Because I'm working on a better version of my depiction, 1 major bug exists.

[Azunyan]

SoSly said:

you can add a repo icon by

Thanks will check it out and also. How do you edit the stuff to add like advertisements and screenshots? That is my last question for da day :D