Debian / Ubuntu

Install honk from the Dae Universe repository on Debian, Ubuntu and other APT-based distributions.

Use the sudo tab if sudo is configured for your account. Use the root tab when already in a root shell.

These steps need systemd and Linux 6.12 or later. Check the kernel version with uname -r; the kernel requirements list the rest.

1. Install curl

sudo

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl

root

apt update
apt install curl

2. Add the repository

Download the source file, a plain deb822 file that APT has read since version 1.1.

sudo

sudo curl -fsSL -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/daeuniverse.sources https://daeuniverse.pages.dev/daeuniverse.sources

root

curl -fsSL -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/daeuniverse.sources https://daeuniverse.pages.dev/daeuniverse.sources

3. Import the GPG key

sudo

sudo curl -fsSL -o /usr/share/keyrings/daeuniverse-archive-goose.gpg https://daeuniverse.pages.dev/daeuniverse-archive-goose.gpg

root

curl -fsSL -o /usr/share/keyrings/daeuniverse-archive-goose.gpg https://daeuniverse.pages.dev/daeuniverse-archive-goose.gpg

4. Install honk

sudo

sudo apt update
sudo apt install honk

root

apt update
apt install honk

Continue with First run.

Upgrade

Upgrade the package, then restart honk and check its status. The package hook only reloads systemd unit definitions; it does not restart the running process.

sudo

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade honk
sudo systemctl restart honk.service
sudo systemctl status honk.service --no-pager

root

apt update && apt install --only-upgrade honk
systemctl restart honk.service
systemctl status honk.service --no-pager

Uninstall

sudo

sudo systemctl disable --now honk.service
sudo apt remove honk

root

systemctl disable --now honk.service
apt remove honk

The configuration directory /etc/honk and runtime state directory /var/lib/honk remain on the host. If you changed data_dir, that directory also remains.