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🖍️ apt install ble.sh

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⚡ The short answer. On a stock system apt install ble.sh works, but installs a frozen version (Ubuntu ships 0.4.0) rather than the current 0.4.0. Add the deb.griffo.io repository below and sudo apt install ble.sh gives you the current release on Debian and Ubuntu alike, currently ble.sh 0.4.0 (updated 2026-10-17).

📦 Add the repository, then apt install ble.sh

Step 1: Add repository & key

Run the commands
sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update
sudo apt install extrepo
sudo extrepo enable griffo
sudo apt update

🆓 There is an always-free mirror. deb-free.griffo.io serves packages free forever, no account, no subscription, at most 2 months behind upstream, security fixes immediately. It currently carries cliamp, Ghostty, lazydocker, Oh My Posh, Uncloud and Zed; ble.sh is not one of them, so the repository above is the only way to get it today, ask and it can be enrolled.

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🧩 About the extrepo option. extrepo is Debian's own tool for external repositories: it writes the sources file and installs the signing key for you, checking the key against signed metadata first. This repository is registered with it as griffo, and the always-free mirror as griffo-free, so on Debian (bookworm, trixie, forky and sid) the commands above are the whole setup.

extrepo sets up the sources file and the key only, so a subscription's credentials still go in /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/deb.griffo.io.conf. Ubuntu is not covered, because extrepo publishes metadata for Debian suites only: there, use the sudo or root commands.

Step 2: apt install ble.sh

sudo apt install -y ble.sh
apt install -y ble.sh

🔄 How to apt install the latest ble.sh

Once the repository is added there is no separate "install latest" command, apt already resolves to the newest version this repository serves, and that is rebuilt within hours of every upstream ble.sh release. To move an existing install up to the latest version:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade ble.sh
apt update && apt install --only-upgrade ble.sh

Or upgrade everything on the machine at once with sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. To see which version you would get before installing, run apt policy ble.sh.

📋 ble.sh versions available right now

Debian

Debian releaseSuiteble.sh version
Debian 12 “Bookworm”bookworm0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~bookworm
Debian 13 “Trixie”trixie0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~trixie
Debian 14 “Forky”forky0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~forky
Debian Sidsid0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~sid

Ubuntu

Ubuntu releaseSuiteble.sh version
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”jammy0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~jammy
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”noble0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~noble
Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”questing0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~questing
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute”resolute0.4.0-git20260908.d81fd54-1~resolute

❓ Common questions

Does apt-get install ble.sh work too?

Yes. apt and apt-get read the same sources, so sudo apt-get install ble.sh is equivalent. apt is the friendlier front-end; apt-get is the stable one to prefer inside scripts.

Why doesn't apt install ble.sh work out of the box?

It does work, but not with the version most people want: Ubuntu ships 0.4.0, because Debian and Ubuntu freeze package versions when a release ships and afterwards take mostly security fixes. This repository tracks upstream ble.sh releases instead, rebuilding within hours of each one.

Which Debian and Ubuntu releases are supported?

Every currently supported release listed in the table above. The $(lsb_release -sc) in the setup command picks the right suite for the machine you run it on, so the same three lines work everywhere.

Is this repository trustworthy?

It's an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo. Packages are built automatically from official upstream ble.sh releases, the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/ble.sh-debian, and the whole archive is GPG-signed. Several upstream projects link to it from their official installation docs.

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