# Apt repo: metadata folder is not created

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/apt-repo-metadata-folder-is-not-created/11685>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Tags:** nexus-repository\
**Created:** [November 30, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/apt-repo-metadata-folder-is-not-created/11685 "2023-11-30T11:27:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ossfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@ossfeld](https://community.sonatype.com/u/ossfeld)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/apt-repo-metadata-folder-is-not-created/11685/1 "2023-11-30T11:27:04Z")

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We use the apt repository build in Nexus OSS 3.62…0-01.  
Two old apt repositories created in an earlier version work as expected. But two new ones created in the now used version doesn’t create the metadata folder after uploading the first component.

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**Author:** ![mpiggott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mpiggott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mpiggott)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/apt-repo-metadata-folder-is-not-created/11685/2 "2023-11-30T14:25:21Z")

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Have you tried making a client retrieve it via `apt-get update`

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**Author:** ![ossfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@ossfeld](https://community.sonatype.com/u/ossfeld)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/apt-repo-metadata-folder-is-not-created/11685/3 "2023-11-30T14:46:45Z")

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Thank you very much, after using apt update the metadata was created. Did this changed? The last time I had to delete metdata I was able to create it by pushing a component to the repo.