Alacritty for Debian 12 ARM64

Pre-built Alacritty packages for Debian 12 (Bookworm) on ARM64 architecture.

Why?

Debian 12 includes Alacritty 0.11.0-4, which is outdated. These packages provide the latest version (0.16.1) built with Rust 1.85+ and Wayland-only support.

Platforms: Radxa Rock series, Raspberry Pi 3/4/5, other ARM64 SBCs running Debian 12.

Installation

Download and install from Releases:

wget https://github.com/wikar/alacritty-debian12-arm64/releases/latest/download/alacritty_0.16.1-1_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i alacritty_0.16.1-1_arm64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/wikar/alacritty-debian12-arm64.git
cd alacritty-debian-arm64

# Build with default version (0.16.1)
./install-alacritty.sh --name "Your Name" --email "your@email.com"

# Or specify a version
./install-alacritty.sh --name "Your Name" --email "your@email.com" --version "0.15.0"

Build time: ~15 minutes. The script installs dependencies, builds Alacritty, and creates a .deb package.

Notes

• Wayland only - No X11 support
• Runtime dependencies: libfontconfig1, libfreetype6, libxcb1, libxkbcommon0
• Configuration: ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml - see docs
• Uninstall: sudo apt-get remove alacritty

Links

• Alacritty
• Documentation
• Issues