You can download Debian packages from Local Debian Repositories, or from Remote Repositories specified as supporting Debian packages.
To specify that a Remote Repository supports Debian packages, you need to set its Package Type to Debian when it is created.
Note that the index files for remote Debian repositories (including the sources index) are stored and renewed according to the Retrieval Cache Period setting.
Calculate Debian Coordinates
You can extract the component/distribution/architecture coordinates from a remote repository and assign them as properties on the cached packages.
To do this, right-click on the relevant remote Debian repository and select Calculate Debian Coordinates. You can also use the Calculate Cached Remote Debian Repository Coordinates REST API.
Note
This process may take some time for remote repositories with many packages. It is recommended to run it only when needed. For example, before copying packages to a local repository.
The following executions will only calculate the newly added packages to the cache.