If you read our previous article Hosting Apt Repo’s With Freight you may have noted that we suggested a follow up article detailing how to remove a package from the repository was coming. Well, here we are. Below we will detail our method of removing packages from our Freight repository.
Removing Packages from Freight
For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be removing the base Postfix package from our repository. It is important to first understand that all freight packages are actually stored on your filesystem at /var/lib/freight/ and then in the folders you specify while adding the package, which in this case is apt/wheezy. So the first thing we will want to do is remove our package with the command below.
rm -rf /var/lib/freight/apt/wheezy/postfix_2.11.2-1~oitibs+1_amd64.deb
Next, we will need to remove the package from the Freight cache that is located at /var/cache/freight/.
rm -rf /var/cache/freight/pool/wheezy/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.11.2-1~oitibs+1_amd64.deb
Lastly, we will need to edit the Packages file prior to re-running freight cache to update our repository.
# edit packages by removing postfix package definition nano /var/cache/freight/dists/wheezy-20141204103355375282792/main/binary-amd64/Packages # update freight cache freight cache
That is it. After performing the steps above, you should notice by browsing the repository that the removed package is no longer available.