On Wednesday 26 June 2024 20:28:30 CHRIS M via tde-users wrote:

Okay folks!

I did a nuke and pave and installed DEBIAN 12, but I had to install KDE, because I couldn't figure out how to install TDE due to a certain step in the directions:

I just wanted to get some clarification before I decided to install TDE:

deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-r14.1.x <your-distribution-release-name> main deps

Which would be for me: deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-r14.1.x bookworm main deps

But, I don't think putting 14.1 is correct? Or does it matter? If I put 14.1 would TDE update itself from this old version to the newest version? Thanks, Chris

My sources list for TDE looks like this:

deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-r14.1.x bookworm main deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-builddeps-r14.1.x bookworm main deb-src http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-r14.1.x bookworm main deb-src http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-builddeps-r14.1.x bookworm main

To start, I would stick with stable builds, nothing fancy like preliminary stable builds or testing.

And, just for full disclosure, I am actually running Devuan Daedalus, which is the non-systemd equivalent of Debian Bookworm, so I changed those details in these lines. If there anything doesn't work right, it could be that I have miscopied something, but I believe it ought to be right.

When I first installed TDE, many moons ago, I started with the KDE5 Plasma desktop. Personally, I find XFCE or Mate easier to work with. KDE5 messes up your system in ten thousand little ways, and it's hard to get rid of that krap. However, do whatever works best for you.

Bill

P.S. Forgot to say this bit. Save yourself a world of hurt, by making sure to do these few things when installing a Debian/Devuan system:

1) Enable shadow passwords.

2) Do not allow login as root.

3) I would reserve at least 20 gb for your root partition. (Others may think differently.) I actually reserve 30 gb, because I have a 2 tb SSD.

4) My personal preference: choose expert install (it's not too hard), so that you get what you want, meaning that you have to make the right choices one-step-at-a-time. Don't trust the automated installation to make

May the Force be with you!