There is a new version of Sparky APTus 0.2.10-1 available in our repos. Changelog: – added ‘Remove VirtualBox Guest Utils’ option – Sparky 4.0 will be shipped with VBox Guest Utils package preinstaled, so this new script lets you quick uninstall the VBox Guest Utils package. Do not uninstall it if Sparky will be … Read more
A new version of Sparky APTus 0.2.7 is available in our repository. APTus 0.2.7 features a new small script, which lets you install i686-PAE kernel and its headers on 32 bit standard Sparky installation via one click. Remember to update/refresh package list every time you’d like to install a new package or before making the … Read more
After a few tests and improvements I have made, Sparky-APTus-Upgrade works as I wish to. The package has been upgraded up to version 0.1.7 and provides the recommended tool for upgrading Sparky installation. The tool will be pre-installed in the December’s iso images. 0.1.7 changelog: – added re-refreshing package list after finishing/breaking the upgrading process … Read more
We have two new apps in our repo: 1. As Jessie mentioned at the Weekly Distrowatch Issue 581, you can’t manage the system services using the standard ‘systemd-ui’ tool. sparky-systemd-ui lets you manage systemd units as root. It provides the Menu entry to do so. 2. ‘System Upgrade’ is the second new app which lets … Read more
If you’d like to install Sparky APTus on Debian, Ubuntu or their spins, simply do: 1. Open a text console and add Sparky repository: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.list 2. Add the text to the file: deb https://repo.sparkylinux.org main 3. Get Sparky public key: wget -O – http://repo.sparkylinux.org/sparky.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add – 4. Refresh package list: … Read more