Deepin Desktop Environment

[spanspek]

^Check out the version number. Looks like it should work.

Rob

Thats what I thought too! But it doesn't ...

[dreamer]

^Check out the version number. Looks like it should work.

Rob

Thats what I thought too! But it doesn't ...

Your version is 0.3.8. You need at least version 0.3.8.1 according to the picture.

[spanspek]

^Check out the version number. Looks like it should work.

Rob

Thats what I thought too! But it doesn't ...

Your version is 0.3.8. You need at least version 0.3.8.1 according to the picture.

Thanks dreamer ... well spotted! The dot and the dash - I didn't notice the difference at first, thought I had 0.3.8.3 ... but I have 0.8.3-3

[rasat]

This is a nice thread, I read from OP to #34. The beauty of linux... when we want something, anything can be done. Keep up with this interesting effort to get DDE on MX.

[dreamofdestinyua]

+1000

[dreamer]

Apt complains that it "doesn't have a release file".

I just read the DistroWatch review. It mentions the problem with the missing release file.
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issu ... 005#deepin

There were some issues with package management during my trail. These all appear to be rooted in the missing "Release" file on one of the repository servers.

[spanspek]

Not abandoning my quest to have dde as a desktop environment <i>option</i> for mxlinux, but I have learnt some valuable lessons starting with another base. Q4OS (I suspect it used to be linpus) was used ...

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 425956BB3E31DF51
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dde

[spanspek]

Could somebody please help with this challenge ...

Preparing to unpack .../dde-kwin_5.2.0.7-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dde-kwin (5.2.0.7-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/dde-kwin_5.2.0.7-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/xdg/kdeglobals', which is also in package desktop-defaults-mx-kde 20.08.02
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dde-kwin_5.2.0.7-1_amd64.deb
E: lstat /lastore/override/desktop2uaid: no such file or directory
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[asqwerth]

Posts that I've read on manjaro forum indicate that installing dde on top of a KDE install is not a good idea because they both use kwin window manager but may have different configuration settings .

You might wish to try installing dde on top of a MX xfce base.

[spanspek]

Thanks for the advice ...

xfce base complains too ...

Unpacking deepin-default-settings (2020.09.11-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/deepin-default-settings_2020.09.11-1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/skel/.config/Trolltech.conf', which is also in package desktop-defaults-mx-xfce-desktop 20.06.01