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Added article about the APT repository for OpenFastTrace. (#28)
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title: "Install OpenFastTrace from the itsallcode.org APT Repository"
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date: 2026-09-06
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draft: false
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author: "sebastian"
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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.
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[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.
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## Configure the repository
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First, install the itsallcode.org signing key and add the APT source:
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```sh
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sudo install --directory --mode=0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
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curl --fail --silent --show-error --location \
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https://apt.itsallcode.org/itsallcode-archive-keyring.asc \
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| sudo gpg --dearmor --yes --output /etc/apt/keyrings/itsallcode-archive-keyring.gpg
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echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/itsallcode-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.itsallcode.org stable main' \
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| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/itsallcode.list > /dev/null
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sudo apt update
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```
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Before trusting a newly downloaded signing key, compare its fingerprint with the [published fingerprint](https://apt.itsallcode.org/itsallcode-archive-keyring.fingerprint).
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## Install OpenFastTrace
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Once the repository is configured, install OpenFastTrace with:
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```sh
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sudo apt install openfasttrace
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```
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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).
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The [APT repository project](https://github.com/itsallcode/itsallcode-apt-repository) contains the repository documentation and packaging sources.

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