Percona apt Repository

Debian and Ubuntu packages from Percona are signed with a key. Before using the repository, you should add the key to apt. To do that, run the following commands:

$ gpg --keyserver  hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 1C4CBDCDCD2EFD2A
... [some output removed] ...
gpg:               imported: 1

$ gpg -a --export CD2EFD2A | sudo apt-key add -

Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list, replacing VERSION with the name of your distribution:

deb http://repo.percona.com/apt VERSION main
deb-src http://repo.percona.com/apt VERSION main

Remember to update the local cache:

$ apt-get update

Supported Platforms

• x86
• x86_64 (also known as amd64)

Supported Releases

Debian

• 6.0 (squeeze)

Ubuntu

• 10.04LTS (lucid)
• 12.04LTS (precise)
• 12.10 (quantal)

Percona apt Experimental repository

Percona offers fresh beta builds from the experimental repository. To enable it add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list , replacing VERSION with the name of your distribution:

deb http://repo.percona.com/apt VERSION main experimental
deb-src http://repo.percona.com/apt VERSION main experimental

Apt-Pinning the packages

In some cases you might need to “pin” the selected packages to avoid the upgrades from the distribution repositories. You’ll need to make a new file /etc/apt/preferences.d/00percona.pref and add the following lines in it:

Package: *
Pin: release o=Percona Development Team
Pin-Priority: 1001

For more information about the pinning you can check the official debian wiki.