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Adding Personal Package Archives (PPAs)

See original GitHub issue

Currently, it is impossible to add PPAs through postBuild and apt.txt. The reason is that apt.txt is executed before postBuild, so even if a PPA is added to the postBuild, the package cannot be found.

In some cases, there is a need for software that is distributed through PPAs. For example, if one needs to install MongoDB, it is required to add a PPA and create a list file. Only then, the package is becoming available for installation.

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

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yuvipandacommented, May 21, 2019

IMO, PPA support should exist in an extension or with a Dockerfile.

@mizvol for running extra services, https://blog.ouseful.info/2019/02/04/running-a-postgresql-server-in-a-mybinder-container/ from @psychemedia might be useful.

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mizvolcommented, Sep 18, 2018

Indeed, start script works now (tested locally). Nonetheless, the error mongod: unrecognized service still pops up in the logs.

No problem with MyBinder here though. Seems like conda-forge MongoDB package does not contain MongoDB server. So, as you proposed before, the only way to install MongoDB is to create a custom Dockerfile and install MongoDB properly.

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