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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 |
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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. |
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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!!! |
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Today i installed gdebi on my way to make neon user edition 5.6 a "proper user edition" and encounter the same problem.
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:
edit it to:
problem solved. |
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Use the QApt Package Installer. It works better than the above sugestion.
After you install it, double-click on a .deb file on Dolphin.
Last edited by anewuser on Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:16 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Nice thanks, . |
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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 |
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