Debian 13 Not Supported

[Swizzler121]

Describe the bug
ERROR: Distribution "Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)" is not supported!

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. clone git repository
2. follow manual instructions on installing libki
3. running install script returns error
4. See error

Expected behavior
Debian 11 is completely defunct and not receiving updates as of the end of this month, Debian 12 is on security updates only and will be phased out in 2028. I'd expect the software to keep up with OS release cycles.

Deployment architecture:

• OS: Debian 13 Trixie
• Deployment style: Git
• Versions of software used: Git clone

I'm currently pulling apart the install.sh file, looks like it doesn't even support Debian 12, so this install method will be completely defunct at the end of the month. I'm trying to manually install with modern replacements (ntpsec instead of ntp, I assume timesyncd isn't supported)

[sekjal]

Thank you for pointing this out; I've been focused exclusively on Docker deployments of Libki Server, and haven't updated the install.sh method. The Docker image is set to run on Trixie, so it's possible, just a matter of synchronizing install methods

[Swizzler121]

I'm working on a modified install.sh, is ntpsec or similar required or is timesyncd fine? I've got it installing with ntpsec now but if it's not necessary I can pull that and test. I skimmed the dockerfile and it doesn't look like it installs there.

EDIT: I finished the installer and it's seeing clients, but it's a very very old version of the software it appears, says 5.3.1 in the admin panel.

[Swizzler121]

I'm just going through and testing functionality, I assume I'm on the newest version and you just do some weird versioning where the github release version number isn't the version shown on the panels? confusing as heck... anyway I managed to get the update script to run after doing the following:

had to run sudo chown -R myuser:myuser/dev/libki_metrics because it was owned by root
had to make my own log4perl.conf file
had to add the database connection info to libki.conf, by default it only had:

<Plugin::Authentication>
    <default>
        password_type self_check
        user_model DB::User
        class SimpleDB
    </default>
</Plugin::Authentication>

I had to add:

<Model::DB>
    <connect_info>
       dsn dbi:mysql:libki;host=localhost
       user libki
       password mypassword
    </connect_info>
</Model::DB>

so some part of the setup is failing and not doing those things. going to poke at the backup script and see if that works next

Edit: Looks like backup works fine, also, the documentation is outdated on how to update, which might be part of the reason I had so much trouble with it, once I found the newer commands to update, I was able to verify I'm on the latest release.

[Swizzler121]

I went ahead and rolled back to just after I cloned the repo and tried the install again not installing ntpsec and just keeping timesyncd as default, then tried updating to the newest version using the proper way, not the old way listed in the manual, and that all worked without issue without needing to modify any configs or chown anything. So really it sounds like in large part it's a documentation update that is needed, other than that it's just adding entries for trixie, removing ntp from the install list, and should be good to go. I'm going to add some test printers and make sure that works next. I've got a working install.sh that supports trixie I could put in a PR for, but I want to make sure everything else works first.

[sekjal]

I would gladly accept a pull request once you've confirmed everything is working, and yes, we definitely need some updates to the documentation