Arvados package repositories

On any host where you install Arvados software, you’ll need to add the Arvados package repository. They’re available for several popular distributions.

Centos 7
Debian and Ubuntu

CentOS

Packages are available for CentOS 7. To install them with yum, save this configuration block in /etc/yum.repos.d/arvados.repo:

[arvados]
name=Arvados
baseurl=http://rpm.arvados.org/CentOS/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.arvados.org/CentOS/RPM-GPG-KEY-arvados

The Arvados signing key fingerprint is

pub   rsa2048 2010-11-15 [SC]
      B2DA 2991 656E B4A5 0314  CA2B 5716 5911 1078 ECD7
uid           [ unknown] Arvados Automatic Signing Key 
sub   rsa2048 2010-11-15 [E]

Debian and Ubuntu

Packages are available for recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu.

First, register the Arvados signing key in apt’s database:

# apt-get --no-install-recommends install curl gnupg2 ca-certificates
# curl https://apt.arvados.org/pubkey.gpg -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/arvados.asc

The Arvados package signing GPG key is also available via the keyservers, though they can be unreliable. To retrieve the signing key via keyserver.ubuntu.com:

# /usr/bin/apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 1078ECD7

The Arvados signing key fingerprint is

pub   rsa2048 2010-11-15 [SC]
      B2DA 2991 656E B4A5 0314  CA2B 5716 5911 1078 ECD7
uid           [ unknown] Arvados Automatic Signing Key 
sub   rsa2048 2010-11-15 [E]

As root, add the Arvados package repository to your sources. This command depends on your OS vendor and version:

OS version	Command
Debian 11 (“bullseye”)	`echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/bullseye bullseye main" \| tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list`
Debian 10 (“buster”)	`echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/buster buster main" \| tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list`
Ubuntu 20.04 (“focal”)¹	`echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/focal focal main" \| tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list`
Ubuntu 18.04 (“bionic”)¹	`echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/bionic bionic main" \| tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list`

Note:

¹ Arvados packages for Ubuntu may depend on third-party packages in Ubuntu’s “universe” repository. If you’re installing on Ubuntu, make sure you have the universe sources uncommented in /etc/apt/sources.list.

Retrieve the package list:

# apt-get update

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