Patches shipped: v1.6.764 → v1.6.765
Posted by Chris
These SparkBox updates are now available: v1.6.765 — The installer tells you about your processor before it starts - SparkBox now checks what processor your box has before it downloads anything. A 64-bit Intel or AMD box is unchanged. A 64-bit ARM box — a Raspberry Pi is the usual one — gets a plain warning that ARM is untested and that a few apps are published for Intel and AMD only, then carries on. A 32-bit board is stopped with the reason, instead of running the whole install and then failing inside a Docker error nobody could read. - Our terms page listed Raspberry Pi OS among the officially supported systems while our docs said ARM boards are not tested or supported. The terms now say 64-bit Intel or AMD, with an honest separate line about ARM boards. - Three older releases in the changelog history gained a plain-English line saying what changed and what you see now: automatic updates for every box, the overnight update that could leave apps down, and the first-login panel that showed the wrong app's saved password. v1.6.764 — Your box is now a tile in the App Store - The App Store ends with an “Add your own app” tile: paste a docker-compose file for any app you like, SparkBox checks it, runs it beside the shipped apps and keeps it across updates. It was a line of text at the top of the page before; now it is where you look for apps. Update from the SparkBox dashboard, or run sudo sparkbox upgrade on your SparkBox host. If a problem remains after updating, submit a private support ticket or reply here. Include your SparkBox version and what you see; leave passwords and licence keys out.