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Sparky APTus is a collection of small scripts to help you manage the system's packages. APTus is preinstalled in all Sparky editions by default. If not, install it via the command:
sudo apt-get install sparky-aptus
APTus is divided into several sections, each one for a different task.
The first section is Accessories offering several options; the main three options are:
Additional Options:
See also Manual System Upgrade and How-to Sparky APTus Upgrade (aka System Upgrade)
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
DVD-Video, FFmpeg, Flash Player-Chromium and Mozilla, GStreamer-Bad Plugins, Ugly plugins, libav, LAME, LibDVDRead, Mencoder, OpenJDK Java, W32/64, x264, and x265.
See also Install new packages
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
AlsaPlayer GUI, Amarok, Ario, Audacious, BetsRadio, Cantata, Clementine, cmus, Daisy Player, DeaDBeeF, Deepin Music, Dradio, Esperanza, Exaile, Gmerlin, gmusicbrowser, GNOME Music, Googles Music Player, Goobox CD Player, Gradio, Jajuk, Juk, KsCD, LXmusic, moc, Musique, pmrp, Pragha, Qmmp, Quod Libet, Radio Tray, Rhythmbox, Sayonara, Sonata, Sparky Player, Sparky Play mp3, Sparky Tube, Spotify, Strawberry, StretchPlayer, xmms2, Yarck.
See also Install new packages
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
Aeolus, AlsaMixer GUI, Ardour, Audacity, Buzztrax, Cecilia, DGEdit, DIN Is Noise, Easy Tag, Ex Falso, Foo YC20, Free DV, Gespeaker, GNU Denemo, Grig Guitarix, Hydrogen, Internet DJ Console, Jaaa, JACK Keyboard, Jack Mixer, Jnoisemeter, Kluppe, KMix, Kwave Sound Editor, LMMS, Meterbridge, MilkyTracker, Mixxx, Mudita24, Patchage, Paulstretch, PauvControl, PHASEX, PureData, QasConfg, QasMixer, QjackCtl, Qsampler, Qsynth, Qtractor, Rakarrack, Rosegarden, samplv1, Schism Tracker, Sonic Visualizer, SooperLooper, Sound Converter, Sound Juicer, soundKonverter, Sound Recorder, Spek, Swami, Sweep, Timemachine, tuxguiter, Virtual MIDI Keyboard, Yoshimi.
See also Install new packages
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
GNOME MPV, KMPlayer, Kodi, MotionBox, MPlayer, MPV, Parole, QtAV Player, Rage, SMPlayer, SMTube, Totem, VLC, xine.
See also Install new packages
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
AcidRip, Avidemux, Brasero, DevedeNG, Dvd95, Flowblade, GNOME Subtitles, K3b, Kdenlive, LIVES, OGMRip, OpenShot, Pitivi, qStopMotion, RecordMyDesktop, SimpleBurn, Stopmotion, Subtitle Editor, Videomas, vokoscreen, WinFF, Xfburn.
See also Install new packages
Sparky Desktop installs about 25 different desktops with one click, such as: awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME Flashback, GNOME Shell, i3, IceWM, JWM, KDE Plasma 5, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Pantheon, Trinity, Window Maker, Xfce.
The desktops will be installed from different servers:
- Debian - most desktops come from the Debian repositories
- Sparky - bspwm, Budgie, Enlightenment come from Sparky repositories
- Pantheon and Trinity will be downloaded and installed from 3rd party repositories
All the desktops will be installed with Sparky settings (wallpaper, icon set, theme, sparky core packages, etc.). It will also make some small changes to the personal settings of an already installed desktop.
Make sure your package list is up-to-date before starting any installation. The desktops need many dependencies so if your new desktop installation fails, please report it in the Sparky forums.
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
AntiMicro, Atari800, DeSmuME (GTK), DOSBox Emulator, ePSXe, Fceux, GNOME Video Arcade, GZDoom, Hatari, Higan, Itch, Joystick, jstest-gtk, Kega Fusion, Lutris, Mameᵀᴹ Arcade Emulator, Mednafen, Nestopia, PCSX2, PCSXR, PlayOnLinux, PPSSPP, Steam, Stella, Virtual Jaguar, VisualBoy Advance, Wine, Winetricks, Yabause (GTK), ZSNES.
See also Install new packages
This section offers a few scripts to help you install:
AbiWord, Atril, BlueGriffon, Calculator, Calibre, Calligra, Comix, Evince, FeatherPad, FreeOffice, Galculator, Geany, Gedit, GNU Emacs (GUI), Gnumeric, Kate, KWrite, LeafPad, Leo Editor, LibreOffice, Master PDF Editor, MComix, Mousepad, MS Fonts, MS Online Applications, MuPDF, Notepadqq, Okular, OnlyOffice, OpenOffice, Pluma, qpdfview, Scribus, Simple Scan, NIM, WPS Mui, WPS Office, xpdf, xSane.
See also Install new packages