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As launchpad does not support binary uploads, I want to make .deb packages and host them in My own Github website.

  1. How to do it?
  2. When done, how to install packages from it?
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A Ubuntu/Debian repository at the minimum consists of a web server directory containing some .deb packages and an index file which apt-get reads to know which packages and versions are available.

You can read Debian's documentation on how a repository is structured here. You can also try just navigating a simple PPA repository with your web browser to see how it looks in practice. (Example link: pypy ppa).

If you're planning on updating it only rarely, it is possible to set up the necessary directories and index files by hand, but probably not recommended. A tool like debarchiver should help you (although I have not used it personally).

You then just add a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d corresponding to your new repository. Eg, a new file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/myrepo.list containing:

deb http://mysite.com/myrepo precise main
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But pypy ppa only has dists and pool folders in root, not the .debs. – Archisman Panigrahi Oct 28 '13 at 10:59
    
The location of each deb file is given in the Packages index. I think you can probably organise the deb files however you want providing the paths are correct. The dists dir however needs to have the correct structure to work. – chronitis Oct 28 '13 at 11:10

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