nala + Proxmox VE enterprise repo?

[Daniel_Dog]

Hello everyone,

I recently switched from APT being my default package manager for all my debian installations to nala.
I really like it's speed over APT and the frond-end is way better to understand then APT.

So I am planning to also start using nala on my Proxmox VE 8 host but I was wondering if the Proxmox VE enterprise repo will work with nala?
I personally see no reason for the enterprise to not work with nala but since the enterprise repo requires authentication, I do not know if nala can handle it.

So is there anyone that might be already using nala as package manager that knows if nala works with the Proxmox VE enterprise repo? (Or if staff might know this.)

 

[Folke]

Hey,
from some quick testing, yes, nala also works with the enterprise repositories.
Since proxmox leverages the build in authentication mechanisms and doesn't do some special magic,
I would have been surprised if there would have been problems ^^

 

[Daniel_Dog]

Thanks for the info.

I will probably change over to nala in my production environment on 1/2 weeks.
But it is nice to know that there should just work.

 

[leesteken]

Just make sure not to run the nala equivalent of apt upgrade. Always use the equivalent of apt dist-upgrade ( https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#system_software_updates ).

 

[JensF]

The command nala update is always apt update && apt full-upgrade –auto-remove so no problem at all.