Setup the Dotdeb apt repository on Debian

This howto is tested on:

• Debian 6.0 Squeeze

Repository setup

Install the needed software :

command apt-get install lsb-release

Detect the distribution name :

DEBIAN_VERSION="$(command lsb_release -cs)"

Add the repository to Apt configuration :

command echo "# DotDeb repository.
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org ${DEBIAN_VERSION} all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org ${DEBIAN_VERSION} all" \
    > '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotdeb-org.list'

Add the signing ssl key for the repository to Apt key ring:

command wget 'http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg' \
    --quiet --output-document=- \
    | command apt-key add -

Assign a low priority to Dotdeb packages:

command echo "Package: *
Pin: origin packages.dotdeb.org
Pin-Priority: 200" \
    > '/etc/apt/preferences.d/dotdeb-org'

Update the available packages list:

command apt-get update

Software installation

Install PHP 5.3 packages provided by Dotdeb

Detect the distribution name :

DEBIAN_VERSION="$(command lsb_release -cs)"

Fetch the list of PHP5 and PECL packages available in Dotdeb repository :

PACKAGES=$(command wget "http://packages.dotdeb.org/dists/${DEBIAN_VERSION}/php5/binary-$(command dpkg --print-architecture)" \
    --quiet --output-document=- \
    | command grep "href=" | command grep -v "h1" | command grep -v "\.\./" \
    | command sed -e 's/^[^>]*>\([^_]*\)_.*$/\1/' | command tr "\n" " ")
PECL_PACKAGES=$(command wget "http://packages.dotdeb.org/dists/${DEBIAN_VERSION}/php5-pecl/binary-$(command dpkg --print-architecture)" \
    --quiet --output-document=- \
    | command grep "href=" | command grep -v "h1" | command grep -v "\.\./" \
    | command sed -e 's/^[^>]*>\([^_]*\)_.*$/\1/' | command tr "\n" " ")
ALL_PACKAGES=$(command wget "http://packages.dotdeb.org/dists/${DEBIAN_VERSION}/php5/binary-all" \
    --quiet --output-document=- \
    | command grep "href=" | command grep -v "h1" | command grep -v "\.\./" \
    | command sed -e 's/^[^>]*>\([^_]*\)_.*$/\1/' | command tr "\n" " ")

Assign a high priority to Dotdeb PHP packages :

command echo "Package: ${PACKAGES} \\
    ${PECL_PACKAGES} \\
    ${ALL_PACKAGES}
Pin: origin packages.dotdeb.org
Pin-Priority: 500" \
    > '/etc/apt/preferences.d/dotdeb-org-php5'

Make sure that PHP session files stay in "/var/lib/php5" and prevent PHP to manage their deletion (handled by a cron script) :

command mkdir --parents '/etc/php5/conf.d' '/var/lib/php5'
command chmod 733 '/var/lib/php5'
command chmod o+t '/var/lib/php5'
echo '; Store sessions to /var/lib/php5
session.save_path = "/var/lib/php5"
session.gc_probability = 0' \
    > '/etc/php5/conf.d/000-session-store-default.ini'

Install the PHP5 packages by upgrading the system if you have an existing PHP install :

command apt-get upgrade

If PHP-APC is installed, replace it by the Dotdeb version :

if [ -n "$(command dpkg --status php-apc | command grep 'Status: install ok installed')" ]; then
  command apt-get -y remove --purge php-apc
  command apt-get -y install php5-apc
fi

Install MySQL 5.5 packages provided by Dotdeb

Detect the distribution name :

DEBIAN_VERSION="$(command lsb_release -cs)"

Fetch the list of MySQL 5.5 packages available in Dotdeb repository :

PACKAGES=$(command wget "http://packages.dotdeb.org/dists/${DEBIAN_VERSION}/mysql-5.5/binary-$(command dpkg --print-architecture)" \
    --quiet --output-document=- \
    | command grep "href=" | command grep -v "h1" | command grep -v "\.\./" \
    | command sed -e 's/^[^>]*>\([^_]*\)_.*$/\1/' | command tr "\n" " ")
ALL_PACKAGES=$(command wget "http://packages.dotdeb.org/dists/${DEBIAN_VERSION}/mysql-5.5/binary-all" \
    --quiet --output-document=- \
    | command grep "href=" | command grep -v "h1" | command grep -v "\.\./" \
    | command sed -e 's/^[^>]*>\([^_]*\)_.*$/\1/' | command tr "\n" " ")

Assign a high priority to Dotdeb MySQL packages :

command echo "Package: ${PACKAGES} \\
    ${ALL_PACKAGES}
Pin: origin packages.dotdeb.org
Pin-Priority: 500" \
    > '/etc/apt/preferences.d/dotdeb-org-mysql-5-5'

Install MySQL 5.5 packages by upgrading your system if you have an existing MySQL install :

command apt-get upgrade

Thanks

• Thanks to Dotdeb repository maintainers.

• Thanks to Kris Willis for ps_files_cleanup_dir: opendir(/var/lib/php5) failed: Permission denied (13)