Sparky of the oldstable line is based on and uses Debian “oldstable” packages.
Users of Debian “oldstable” branch should add Sparky potolo (oldstable) and core repositories to get access to Sparky repos:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.list
and paste into the file:
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ potolo main deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ potolo main deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main
Sparky unstable repository (optional):
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky-unstable.list
and paste into the file:
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ unstable main deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ unstable main
Create a preference file:
sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/sparky
and paste into the file:
Package: * Pin: release o=SparkyLinux Pin-Priority: 1001
Otherwise, install 'sparky-apt_YYYYMMDD~sparky6' packages to do so.
Download the Sparky's Public Key as a “deb” package from:
http://us2.repo.sparkylinux.org/pool/main/s/sparky-keyring/
Then install it:
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/sparky-keyring_VERSION_all.deb
or get the key manually ('wget' has to be installed):
wget -O - https://sourceforge.net/projects/sparkylinux/files/repo/sparky.gpg.key | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key