APT 2.9.26 changes on Trixie

Today update of APT up to 2.9.26 provided a new format of sources list on Trixie. The default Debian Trixie repository list is located at: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources as follows: Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/ Suites: trixie Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ Suites: trixie-security/updates Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: … Read more

Sparky GPG key issue on testing

After today’s upgrade of ‘apt’ package up to version 2.9.16 on Sparky testing “Seven Sisters” based on Debian testing “Trixie” ONLY (not stable, not oldstable), you can find such APT issue: https://repo.sparkylinux.org/dists/core/InRelease: The key(s) in the keyring /usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key are ignored as the file has an unsupported filetype. To fix it, do: Copy Sparky GPG key: … Read more

Nala

nala

There is a new application available for Sparkers: Nala What is Nala? Nala is a front-end for libapt-pkg. Specifically we interface using the python-apt api. Especially for newer users it can be hard to understand what apt is trying to do when installing or upgrading. We aim to solve this by not showing some redundant … Read more

Sparky changed repos signing

The last update of ‘apt’ package returns with an issue like that: W: https://repo.sparkylinux.org/dists/core/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details. It means, signing repos via ‘apt-key’ in the: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg file is deprecated now. How to fix it? Simply make system upgrade, specially the ‘sparky-apt’ and … Read more

APTus 0.4.1

aptus 0.4.1

There is an update of Sparky APTus 0.4.1 available in Sparky repository. Changelog: – integration of sparky-aptus-extra, sparky-skype-installer, teamspeak-installer into APTus – added new modules & apps of the following categories: Audio, Video, Graphics, IM, Email, RSS, Filetransfer, Security – added a few more apps to System module – moved tabs to the left panel … Read more