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.

• Red Hat, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux
• Debian and Ubuntu

Red Hat, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux

Packages are available for the following Red Hat-based distributions:

• AlmaLinux 8 (since 8.4)
• RHEL 8 (since 8.4)
• Rocky Linux 8 (since 8.4)

Set up the Arvados package repository by running these commands:

# tee /etc/yum.repos.d/arvados.repo >/dev/null <<'EOF'
[arvados]
name=Arvados
baseurl=http://rpm.arvados.org/RHEL/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.arvados.org/RHEL/RPM-GPG-KEY-arvados
EOF

Debian and Ubuntu

Packages are available for the following Debian-based distributions:

• Debian 12 (“bookworm”)
• Debian 11 (“bullseye”)
• Ubuntu 24.04 (“noble”)
• Ubuntu 22.04 (“jammy”)
• Ubuntu 20.04 (“focal”)

Set up the Arvados package repository by running these commands:

# install -d /etc/apt/keyrings
# curl -fsSL -o /etc/apt/keyrings/arvados.asc https://apt.arvados.org/pubkey.gpg
# declare $(grep "^VERSION_CODENAME=" /etc/os-release || echo VERSION_CODENAME=MISSING)
# tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.sources >/dev/null <<EOF
Types: deb
URIs: https://apt.arvados.org/$VERSION_CODENAME
Suites: $VERSION_CODENAME
Components: main
Signed-by: /etc/apt/keyrings/arvados.asc
EOF
# apt update

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