Optional: Integrate testing area

Optional: Integrate testing area 1:

Use test system

Do not use packages from the testing area on production systems.
Only use packages from the stable area for production systems.

The testing area of the Beckhoff repository contains packages that have successfully passed internal tests but have not yet been officially released.

These packages can be used to evaluate new functions or changes before the official release. If you want to test new or modified packages in advance, you can integrate the testing area into a dedicated test system. This gives you access to current package versions that have not yet been released.

Once the test phase is complete, released packages are transferred from the testing area to the stable area, where they are available for regular use.

The unstable area contains untested preview software. Only use this area on specially designed test systems and at your own risk.

Integration of the testing area

1. Open the bhf.list file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bhf.list
2. Add -testing to the existing entry, for example:
https://deb.beckhoff.com/debian trixie-testing main

When apt is executed with one of the commands apt update or apt install, the system automatically establishes a connection to the Beckhoff Package Server and checks the authentication data at /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/. If the access data is correct, packages can be downloaded and installed from the testing area.