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Proteus App Manager

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The Proteus App Manager is a tool which allows for easier installation of packages which you do not want to go hunt down what you need. It also includes some automated processes such as a pre-configured Netplan template for automatically managing network adapters.

On top of all the apps and tweaks provided, this script also gives the user the ability to install ZorinOS Pro Layouts which includes the Windows 10/11, and MacOS layouts.

If you need a one-stop interface for installing your most needed programs, give the manager a spin if you're looking to save a bit of time.




Proteus Apt Repo

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The Proteus Apt Repo is a repository that contains useful packages utilized in the Proteus App Manager. Some of the packages included are more difficult to find but still loved by the community, as well as popular ones. To view the Proteus Apt Repo, click the View button above or click here.


All packages in the repo are automatically updated and the updates are given to the user whenever you utilize apt update or apt-get update.



Add Repo To Sources

If you wish to add the Proteus repo to your list of sources, the command below will create a new file located at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/aetherinox-proteus-apt-repo-archive.list


Open Terminal and add the GPG key for the developer to your keyring

wget -qO - https://github.com/Aetherinox.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/aetherinox-proteus-apt-repo-archive.gpg

Then execute the command below to receive our package list:

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/aetherinox-proteus-apt-repo-archive.gpg] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aetherinox/proteus-apt-repo/master $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/aetherinox-proteus-apt-repo-archive.list

Be aware that most packages hosted in this repo are for amd64, so your desired package may not be available if you're running any other.




Using Repo

Once you have completed the steps above, we need to tell your machine to update your repos, in Terminal execute:

sudo apt-get update

Your device should get a list of the latest packages available. You can then search for a package by executing:

grep -h -P -o "^Package: \K.*" /var/lib/apt/lists/*proteus-apt-repo*_Packages | sort -u

The above command will show you a list of all packages available from our repo. As an example, you could see:

deb-pacman
github-desktop
ocs-url
qubes-gpg-split
qubes-gpg-split-dbgsym
qubes-gpg-split-tests
qubes-thunderbird
qubes-utils
zorin-pro-layouts

Install a package by using

sudo apt-get install <packagename>

If you decide to use the Proteus App Manager in this repo, it will fetch the packages automatically.

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