Tools for creating and managing Android app repositories for F-Droid
F-Droid is an app store of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to maintain the main F-Droid application repository. You can use these same tools to create your own additional or alternative repository for publishing, or to assist in creating, testing and submitting metadata to the main repository.
F-Droid is an app store of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The F-Droid server tools provide various scripts and tools that are used to maintain the main F-Droid application repository. You can use these same tools to create your own additional or alternative repository for publishing, or to assist in creating, testing and submitting metadata to the main repository.
To install fdroidserver, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install fdroidserver
To see what files were installed by fdroidserver, run:
port contents fdroidserver
To later upgrade fdroidserver, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade fdroidserver
Reporting an issue on MacPorts Trac
The MacPorts Project uses a system called Trac to file tickets to report bugs and enhancement requests.
Though anyone may search Trac for tickets, you must have a GitHub account in order to login to Trac to create tickets.