Creating repo on USB or SD card for selected apps

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I’ve got a tablet that has no access to the internet.
How can i create a repo on an usb stick for selected apps and several android versions?
Thank you

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The quickest way to try this is to download the Second Wind repo and unzip it on your USB stick:

If you’re comfortable with the terminal, then it should be easy. Starting on a laptop or desktop:

  • Install fdroidserver from your favorite package manager
  • Create local repo base, e.g. cd ~/Documents/fdroid && fdroid init
  • Edit ~/Documents/fdroid/config.yml and set the deploy location to point to your USB stick, e.g. serverwebroot: /media/user/USB-stick/my-repo
  • Put APK files into ~/Documents/fdroid/repo
  • To include APKs in the repo, run fdroid update --create-metadata in ~/Documents/fdroid.
  • To push the whole repo to the USB stick, run fdroid deploy in ~/Documents/fdroid.

Then put your USB stick in the device, and look for it on the Nearby tab in F-Droid.

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I forgot to add, there is also the fdroid mirror command, which makes a local mirror of any repo you have a working URL for. You can run that directly on the USB stick:

$ cd /media/user/USB-stick
$ fdroid mirror https://guardianproject.info/fdroid?fingerprint=B7C2EEFD8DAC7806AF67DFCD92EB18126BC08312A7F2D6F3862E46013C7A6135
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