MX Modified - Latest MX KDE 5.22 Using MX21 beta

[andyprough]

The problem is here:

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$ sudo apt-get install ksnip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libkcolorpicker0 libkimageannotator0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ksnip libkcolorpicker0 libkimageannotator0
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 485 kB/502 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,554 kB of additional disk space will be used.

It wants to install 2 different libkcolorpicker0 packages.

I don't know how to fix that problem except maybe remove sid repository and I don't want to do that.

OK, same problem. Here's what Norbert sent me last night about fixing the problem:

Ahh, library name differences:
MX: libkcolorpicker
Debian: libkcolorpicker0

Probably you can get rid of libkcolorpicker (dpkg --purge) and then
installation should work. This might remove some packages depending on
libkcolorpicker.

Before he sent that email, I was able to fix it on my machine by starting a new instance of synaptic and running a "complete removal" on the 'libkcolorpicker' package.

[MAYBL8]

OK got it installed.

[norbert]

This is the same item as with one of the kf5 libraries back then, the same actual file is shipped in two different packages. If there are reverse dependencies onto the MX version (libkcolorpicker), removing it would remove the other packages, too. If there aren't, it can be removed without harm.

[MAYBL8]

Trying to add a global theme today I am getting the following error:

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Download of "Adapta KDE" failed, error: Error transferring https://dllb2.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjE1MDU3MTA4MTAiLCJvIjoiMSIsInMiOiIyNWE2MGQ0YzlhNjQ4NmJkY2VmODNmNzJkODQ3ZmQyMDU4NTc4MzFjOGY1NzRkMjlmYWM2ZmM5YzRiMDMwYjAzM2U2OGViZTRjY2Y1NzU0ODczNmQ2NTg4NWE4ZjRjYjY0OWExNTgzZGU2MTY4ODk5NmRlNzkzNzc4YzIxMzI0MiIsInQiOjE2MDI5NTAxMzEsInN0ZnAiOm51bGwsInN0aXAiOiI3MS44MS43NC4yMDIifQ.KYtbJyx4E_bOOIRUDwqqRIMrnLiiD3yUFHaluzK7NXE/com.github.varlesh.adapta.tar.gz - server replied: Bad Gateway

[andyprough]

Trying to add a global theme today I am getting the following error:

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Download of "Adapta KDE" failed, error: Error transferring https://dllb2.pling.com/api/files/download/j/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjE1MDU3MTA4MTAiLCJvIjoiMSIsInMiOiIyNWE2MGQ0YzlhNjQ4NmJkY2VmODNmNzJkODQ3ZmQyMDU4NTc4MzFjOGY1NzRkMjlmYWM2ZmM5YzRiMDMwYjAzM2U2OGViZTRjY2Y1NzU0ODczNmQ2NTg4NWE4ZjRjYjY0OWExNTgzZGU2MTY4ODk5NmRlNzkzNzc4YzIxMzI0MiIsInQiOjE2MDI5NTAxMzEsInN0ZnAiOm51bGwsInN0aXAiOiI3MS44MS43NC4yMDIifQ.KYtbJyx4E_bOOIRUDwqqRIMrnLiiD3yUFHaluzK7NXE/com.github.varlesh.adapta.tar.gz - server replied: Bad Gateway

Hi Dan, looks like a problem with the adapta kde github server? Maybe try again a little later? The github page is archived and the last release was in 2018, maybe it's not being actively developed.

[asqwerth]

The Adapta dev changed the look of Adapta theme but kept the same name and repo/github. This led to a huge negative response and lots of complaints when people suddenly saw their Adapta theme change overnight after a seemingly innocuous update.

Upset by those responses, he reverted the changes to Adapta, then archived it. He then released his "new Adapta" as Plata theme. Plata is now Solus's default theme, I believe.

The fallout extended to the Papirus icon devs, because they had been making a cyan folder variant of the Papirus icons to suit old Adapta colours, and also maintaining a KDE theme that followed the original Adapta look. After this incident Papirus devs decided they would no longer name or base any icon or theme variant on a specific theme of another creator, since the creator could make drastic changes to their own theme without notice.

Such drama in the world of theming.

Thus, if people are still using old Adapta gtk themes in Buster or distros with newer versions of gtk3, that theme might eventually not work right or look wonky.

Similarly, Adapta KDE might one day not work right. Maybe right now the issue for MAYBL8 is simply the github access [to the Papirus dev's Adapta KDE theme], but that's something to consider. I believe there are Kvantum themes that emulate the look of Adapta.

[MAYBL8]

@asqwerth
Thanks for the informative explanation. It was just a temporary situation.
Question I have is how did you find out all that info. I would like to find out these kinds of things so I wouldn't have to ask these questions.
Thanks
Dan

[asqwerth]

@asqwerth
Thanks for the informative explanation. It was just a temporary situation.
Question I have is how did you find out all that info. I would like to find out these kinds of things so I wouldn't have to ask these questions.
Thanks
Dan

The Adapta overnight change happened to me in Manjaro, because as a rolling distro, these changes get packaged immediately and implemented upon your next update. There was a rather busy forum thread on the issue, with lots of unhappiness, and people posting with updates on what was happening - e.g. when the dev reverted the changes but then stopped all development on it, and then what the Papirus devs did.

[MAYBL8]

@Norbert
Do you have this yet:
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/pla ... eview.html

[norbert]

@Norbert
Do you have this yet:
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/pla ... eview.html

Hi @MAYBL8

I have packages ready, but they need Qt 5.15 which is not available in Debian unstable and need a full transition.

If you want to try them out, get them at

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deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/npreining:/debian-kde:/plasma520/Debian_Unstable/ ./

I have a VM with Plasma 5.20(.1) running, but cannot install it on my main desktop due to too many Qt dependencies that would be removed.