Kitware APT Repository

This is Kitware, Inc.'s third-party APT repository, which we use for hosting our own Ubuntu packages, such as CMake.

We currently support Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04 on our repository. The 16.04 and 18.04 repositories support x86 (32-bit and 64-bit), and the 20.04 repository supports x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) and ARM (32-bit and 64-bit).

To add the repository to your installation, run the kitware-archive.sh script, or do the following in order:

1. If you are using a minimal Ubuntu image or a Docker image, you may need to install the following packages:

   For Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (18.04) and newer:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install gpg wget

   For Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04):

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https wget

2. Obtain a copy of our signing key:

   wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | gpg --dearmor - | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

3. Add the repository to your sources list and update.

   For Ubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04):

   echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ focal main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get update

   For Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (18.04):

   echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ bionic main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get update

   For Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04):

   echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ xenial main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get update

4. Install the kitware-archive-keyring package to ensure that your keyring stays up to date as we rotate our keys:

   sudo rm /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg
   sudo apt-get install kitware-archive-keyring

5. As an optional step, if you would like to subscribe to release candidates in addition to production releases, you can add our release candidate repository to your sources.

   For Ubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04):

   echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ focal-rc main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get update

   For Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (18.04):

   echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ bionic-rc main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get update

   For Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04):

   echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ xenial-rc main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get update

   Note that if you add the release candidate repository, you will still need to add the main repository as well, as the release candidate repository does not provide production releases on its own.

Now you can install any package from our APT repository. As an example, try installing the cmake package:

sudo apt-get install cmake

For all questions and concerns, please contact debian@kitware.com.