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Sparky of the testing ((semi-)rolling) line is based on and uses Debian “testing” packages.

Users of Debian “testing” branch should add Sparky sisters (testing) 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=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ sisters main
 deb-src [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ sisters main
 deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main
 deb-src [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core 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

Download the Sparky's Public Key:

 wget -O - https://sourceforge.net/projects/sparkylinux/files/repo/sparky-repo.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc