Any options other than Muon for KDE? [Solved]

[Sparky]

I mean Muon isn't bad, but I was just wondering what other options are there and If you have experience with.

[malspa]

apt?

[richb]

Discover, a graphical package manager

https://apps.kde.org/discover/

[asqwerth]

Return to synaptic.

[dolphin_oracle]

when I use a gui, I use synaptic and mx-packageinstaller, depending on task. no matter what DE I'm in.

[LionelZaylan]

Ignore all these if you are not looking forward to extremely advanced things with a lot of programming to do .

Try linux mint's mintinstall ( such a superb GUI which is especially easy for newbies ) . Installing it on MX linux is risky and an advanced thing.
I could get it to work ( experimentally ) on a throwaway install .

Please don't do it on your valuable system . It is experimental and may break your system .

You could try fiddling with the mintinstall code ( it is in python ) and removing / replacing its many fancy dependencies while retaining its GUI . ( This is also highly experimental )

This is how I experimentally installed it:

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#!/bin/bash

# Note: this is EXPERIMENTAL code and may break your system

mkdir ~/mintinstall-files
cd ~/mintinstall-files


# Get mintinstall , mint-common , mint-translations from Linux Mint repository
wget http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/m/mintinstall/mintinstall_8.0.5_all.deb
wget http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/m/mint-common/mint-common_2.1.4_all.deb
wget http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/main/m/mint-translations/mint-translations_2021.01.02_all.deb

# Get its dependencies that are not in debian repos - they are present in ubuntu repos
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/aptdaemon_1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/aptdaemon-data_1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/python3-aptdaemon_1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/aptdaemon/python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets_1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32_all.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/app-install-data-ubuntu/app-install-data_15.10_all.deb

# Install its dependencies present in debian repos
sudo apt install python3-setproctitle python3-configobj gir1.2-appstream-1.0

# Install all debs downloaded before
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

# Fix missing dependencies, if any
sudo apt install -f

exit 0

[figueroa]

@LionelZaylan
Nuts. Some things should be kept to oneself. Bad advice, leading to grief.

[LionelZaylan]

@figueroa I agree that I was not so practical in this post (: That's why I added loud and clear disclaimers that these are just experimental .
Nevertheless, I don't think it is OK to call someone "nuts" in a respectable public forum .
We are all friends anyway .

[figueroa]

@figueroa I agree that I was not so practical in this post (: That's why I added loud and clear disclaimers that these are just experimental .
Nevertheless, I don't think it is OK to call someone "nuts" in a respectable public forum .

With apologies, I wasn't calling you nuts and didn't mean for anyone to take it that way. It was the idea (highly imaginative, but dangerous, and that anyone should consider it) is nuts. It was a way of doubling down on your disclaimers.

You are obviously imaginative and interesting and some of you ideas are clearly worthy of taking seriously.

[Sparky]

I had no idea I could use Synaptic to replace Muon, I thought it 'saw' other containers. That and MX Install will do the job for me, thanks