Loading packages... Generating metadata files and linking package files... [!] Failed to generate package contents: unable to read .tar archive from libboost-broken-program-options-dev_1.49.0.1_i386.deb: unexpected EOF Finalizing metadata files... Signing file 'Release' with gpg, please enter your passphrase when prompted: Clearsigning file 'Release' with gpg, please enter your passphrase when prompted: Local repo local-repo has been successfully published. Please setup your webserver to serve directory '${HOME}/.aptly/public' with autoindexing. Now you can add following line to apt sources: deb http://your-server/ maverick main Don't forget to add your GPG key to apt with apt-key. You can also use `aptly serve` to publish your repositories over HTTP quickly.