From 475d08d3180d99d91243a014da21d76586d806d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: redcatbaer Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 18:19:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added article about the APT repository for OpenFastTrace. --- .../09/06/openfasttrace-apt-repository.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2026/09/06/openfasttrace-apt-repository.md diff --git a/content/posts/2026/09/06/openfasttrace-apt-repository.md b/content/posts/2026/09/06/openfasttrace-apt-repository.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..872c1aa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/09/06/openfasttrace-apt-repository.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +title: "Install OpenFastTrace from the itsallcode.org APT Repository" +date: 2026-09-06 +draft: false +author: "sebastian" +--- + +OpenFastTrace is now available from the new [Itsallcode APT repository](https://apt.itsallcode.org). Debian, Ubuntu, and users of other Debian-based distributions can install it through their normal package-management workflow. + +[OpenFastTrace 4.9.0](https://github.com/itsallcode/openfasttrace/releases/tag/4.9.0) is the first version published there. From now on, we will publish new OFT releases as `.deb` packages in the repository shortly after their GitHub release. + +## Configure the repository + +First, install the itsallcode.org signing key and add the APT source: + +```sh +sudo install --directory --mode=0755 /etc/apt/keyrings +curl --fail --silent --show-error --location \ + https://apt.itsallcode.org/itsallcode-archive-keyring.asc \ + | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes --output /etc/apt/keyrings/itsallcode-archive-keyring.gpg +echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/itsallcode-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.itsallcode.org stable main' \ + | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/itsallcode.list > /dev/null +sudo apt update +``` + +Before trusting a newly downloaded signing key, compare its fingerprint with the [published fingerprint](https://apt.itsallcode.org/itsallcode-archive-keyring.fingerprint). + +## Install OpenFastTrace + +Once the repository is configured, install OpenFastTrace with: + +```sh +sudo apt install openfasttrace +``` + +After installation, `oft --help` shows the available command-line options. For usage and requirement notation, see the [OpenFastTrace user guide](https://github.com/itsallcode/openfasttrace/blob/main/doc/user_guide/user_guide.md). + +The [APT repository project](https://github.com/itsallcode/itsallcode-apt-repository) contains the repository documentation and packaging sources.