4 Server for [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org), the Free Software repository system
7 The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to
8 maintain the main [F-Droid application repository](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse).
9 You can use these same tools to create your own additional or alternative
10 repository for publishing, or to assist in creating, testing and submitting
11 metadata to the main repository.
13 For documentation, please see the docs directory.
15 Alternatively, visit [https://f-droid.org/manual/](https://f-droid.org/manual/).
20 F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)
21 applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse,
22 install, and keep track of updates on your device.
27 The easiest way to install the `fdroidserver` tools is on Ubuntu, Mint or other
28 Ubuntu based distributions, you can install using:
31 sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
34 For older Ubuntu releases or to get the latest version, you can get
35 `fdroidserver` from the Guardian Project PPA (the signing key
36 fingerprint is `6B80 A842 07B3 0AC9 DEE2 35FE F50E ADDD 2234 F563`)
39 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/ppa
41 sudo apt-get install fdroidserver
44 On OSX, `fdroidserver` is available from third party package managers,
45 like Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fink:
48 sudo brew install fdroidserver
51 For Arch-Linux is a package in the AUR available. If you have installed
52 `yaourt` or something similiar, you can do:
55 yaourt -S fdroidserver
58 For any platform where Python's `easy_install` is an option (e.g. OSX
59 or Cygwin, you can use it:
62 sudo easy_install fdroidserver
65 Python's `pip` also works:
68 sudo pip install fdroidserver
71 The combination of `virtualenv` and `pip` is great for testing out the
72 latest versions of `fdroidserver`. Using `pip`, `fdroidserver` can
73 even be installed straight from git. First, make sure you have
74 installed the python header files, virtualenv and pip. They should be
75 included in your OS's default package manager or you can install them
76 via other mechanisms like Brew/dnf/pacman/emerge/Fink/MacPorts.
78 For Debian based distributions:
81 apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv
83 Then here's how to install:
86 git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git
89 source env/bin/activate
91 python2 setup.py install