Hi Guys,

Apologies as I'm still a relative Linux newbie - but have been using KDE on a number of distros like Kubuntu, Manjaro, and others and decided I wanted to go to the source with the latest and greatest, so am very excited to now be using KDE neon. Obviously I know the current User Release is thin on software, but I'm having issues installing any .deb files - I've install gdebi and still they won't install.

Any pointers on how I can get some /deb files (like Chrome, Dropbox, Slack, etc) into KDE neon. Apologies if I'm missing something really basic here - but any ideas would be a HUGE help.

Thanks so much!!!

-Eddie

Hi Eddie,

I didn't install the user edition due to the lack of apps (waiting for the final release)
If you are new to linux I would wait a little longer for the final release.

Or if you are eager to learn and want to take this chance to do so, give me more info (error message / console output / steps you took etc) and I would help you get around.

Thanks so much - really appreciate any help you could offer!

So I'm getting the following error in gdebi everytime I try and run a .deb file:

The package file does not exist
A nonexistent file has been selected for installation. Please select an existing .deb package file.

This seems to happen everytime I try and run a .deb file via gdebi.

Thanks so much for the help!!!

Today i installed gdebi on my way to make neon user edition 5.6 a "proper user edition" and encounter the same problem.

The package file does not exist
A nonexistent file has been selected for installation. Please select an existing .deb package file.

I was already disappointed to say the least that it was not already part of the system because Discover, sorry to blunt here, in its current state is ****.
The silver lining is that it works fine from a terminal.

As a workaround i fallowed this:
System Setting>Applications>File Associations
Search ".deb" and on the right panel select gdebi-kde, move it to the top of the list then click edit.
On the Application tab go to advanced settings and tick "Run as a different user", type "root" inside the box.

Now gdebi will ask for the root password before running and install the packages, BUT it will crash after doing so:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/es7v3w2571cccpz/gdebi_post-install_crash.png


Update:

sudo kwrite /usr/share/gdebi/GDebi/GDebiKDE.py

look for:

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os.execl(su_cmd, os.path.basename(su_cmd), executable, "--", "-n", self._deb.filename)

edit it to:

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os.execl(su_cmd, os.path.basename(su_cmd), executable, "-n", self._deb.filename)

problem solved.

Use the QApt Package Installer. It works better than the above sugestion.

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sudo apt install qapt-deb-installer

After you install it, double-click on a .deb file on Dolphin.

anewuser wrote:Use the QApt Package Installer. It works better than the above sugestion.

Nice thanks, .

anewuser wrote:Use the QApt Package Installer. It works better than the above sugestion.

how to install qapt package installer on latest release? thanks
I got around it by downloading the .deb file to my default location (Downloads) and to make it easier for me I rename the files
eg, I downloaded google's chrome and renamed google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb to just chrome.deb then I open Konsole and type:
cd Downloads
sudo dpkg -i chrome.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
same goes for any files like skype, I renamed skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb to just skype.deb then again:
cd Downloads
sudo dpkg -i skype.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

why? because there are many dependencies that don't get install by default and without then the app won't run
I tried sudo apt-get install gdebi (my favorite) but there were too many additional packages to be installed together and I simply was afraid to brake my beautiful clean install of KDE Neon I hope this helps some of us here

kuvanito wrote:how to install qapt package installer on latest release? thanks

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sudo apt install qapt-deb-installer

joder wrote:Nice thanks, .

Please mark my post as the accepted answer for it to be more visible for other users.