apt.openastro.net

Seamless Astronomy

Available Packages

Not sure? Choose Stable.

A complete ASCOM Alpaca server. Place it at the mount, connect your gear once, and access everything over the network from any imaging software — NINA, SGP, or anything that speaks Alpaca. Drivers are validated against ConformU for correctness, not just convenience.

Install

Add the OpenAstro signing key:

sudo curl -fsSL https://apt.openastro.net/repo/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg \
    | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg

Add the repository to your sources:

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://apt.openastro.net trixie main" \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openastro.list

Update and install:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install alpacabridge

Update

Refresh the package list and upgrade:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade alpacabridge

alpacabridge beta channel

The next AlpacaBridge release, before it has been validated on hardware. The beta channel also carries every stable release, so once the stable version ships you move onto it automatically.

For testers. Only install a beta on a rig where a problem tonight is acceptable, and report what breaks. Release notes for each beta are on the GitHub releases page.

Install

Add the OpenAstro signing key (skip if already installed):

sudo curl -fsSL https://apt.openastro.net/repo/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg \
    | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg

Add the repository with the beta component. This replaces the stable sources line, so it is safe on an existing install:

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://apt.openastro.net trixie main beta" \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openastro.list

Update and install. An existing install is upgraded to the beta:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install alpacabridge

Let the AlpacaBridge web UI offer betas too. Its update check does not read apt sources, so set this under server: in its config (see beta-channel.md):

update_packages_url: https://apt.openastro.net/dists/trixie/beta/binary-arm64/Packages

Update

Refresh the package list and upgrade. You get the next beta, or the stable release once it overtakes the beta:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade alpacabridge

Leave the beta

Put the stable sources line back and restore the default update_packages_url. apt never downgrades on its own, so you keep the installed beta until the next stable release overtakes it.

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/openastro-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://apt.openastro.net trixie main" \
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openastro.list

Repository Details

Distribution Debian 13 Trixie

Architectures arm64

Components main, beta

Signing Key openastro-archive-keyring.gpg