Debian packaging effort

[okias]

would be amazing, if Debian would include btop inside it's repository.

Since it's small CLI package, I believe it's doable, just needs a maintainer.

Would be someone interested to package this SW for Debian? I would personally love to prepare package, but currently no available time for that, if no-one volunteers, I will create the package in distant future.

Thank you

[JoshuaPettus]

This definitely deserves to be in a debian repo

In the mean time, I just install the compile as a deb package with the checkinstall utility which will bundle the contents from "make install" Might be recommended anyway considering the rapid release situation.

[mariogrip]

I'm currently on this, will push the pkg on salsa in a later today or tomorrow.

[mariogrip]

I have pushed the initial pkg to salsa now https://salsa.debian.org/mariogrip/btop

Will get it into the new queue soon ish.

[okias]

I have pushed the initial pkg to salsa now https://salsa.debian.org/mariogrip/btop

Will get it into the new queue soon ish.

do you plan to bring up Salsa CI for it?

[mariogrip]

I have pushed the initial pkg to salsa now https://salsa.debian.org/mariogrip/btop Will get it into the new queue soon ish.

do you plan to bring up Salsa CI for it?

I don't have it planed, but it would be an idea.

Also, its now in the new queue https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/btop_1.1.3-1.html

[ctrlbrk42]

How long does it normally take before it would show up in the stable repo? I am using snap only for btop and am happy to be rid of it!

[mariogrip]

How long does it normally take before it would show up in the stable repo? I am using snap only for btop and am happy to be rid of it!

In stable it will take until next release (unless i backport it to stable-backports repo, i might do that), but for testing and unstable it usually takes about 1-2 months (the new queue is slow), but xmas was around so it might take a bit longer.

[JoshuaPettus]

If you can't wait, like I recommended before, you can always compile it yourself (pretty easy as far as compiling apps are concerned) and install it as a debian package with the checkinstall app.

[mariogrip]

It's in debian unstable now! :champagne:

https://packages.debian.org/sid/source/btop

I'll upload 1.2.2 tomorrow, and it should enter testing in about 5 days. :smiley:

[ctrlbrk42]

It's in debian unstable now! 🍾

https://packages.debian.org/sid/source/btop

I'll upload 1.2.2 tomorrow, and it should enter testing in about 5 days. 😃

If I am on bullseye and want to install btop from the testing repo using apt, how can I do it? It's been a while since I needed to do this...

[mariogrip]

It's in debian unstable now! champagne https://packages.debian.org/sid/source/btop I'll upload 1.2.2 tomorrow, and it should enter testing in about 5 days. smiley

If I am on bullseye and want to install btop from the testing repo using apt, how can I do it? It's been a while since I needed to do this...

Best way is to use backports, i did a upload to debian backports new queue yesterday [0], so it will land in backports in some days (5 days ish). Then you can install it from there :)

Here is some instructions on how to install from backports: https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

[0] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/btop_1.2.2-1~bpo11+1.html

[mariogrip]

It's now in backports @ctrlbrk42 :) https://packages.debian.org/source/stable-backports/btop

[seriouz]

Is there a way i can install a btop .deb under oldstable Buster?

[okias]

Is there a way i can install a btop .deb under oldstable Buster?

try packages.debian.org/ and manually download it

[mariogrip]

@aristocratos this is done so this can be closed

[KaKi87]

Hello,

I'd like to bump this as the currently available package on Debian is more than a year and a half old.

Thanks

[mariogrip]

Hello,

I'd like to bump this as the currently available package on Debian is more than a year and a half old.

Thanks

I just pushed an update 3 days ago (unstable and soon testing) :) https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/btop

will also push to backports

[aristocratos]

@mariogrip Note that there will likely be a new release pretty soon, to fix #705

[KaKi87]

Hello, Any news ? Thanks

[KaKi87]

So, it looks like this won't happen. I switched from htop to glances instead.

[KaKi87]

Hi, As an alternative, I found out it was installable on Linux via Homebrew. Only for x64 though, as brew is is not available on arm64 :/