Muon Discover!

[Jonas]

Thanks to dequire's blog the bluemint, I found this coming improvement on Muon. It's quite unstable atm but looks really promising! I like the fact that at last(!) the gap is filled with a proper package-manager for KDE. I guess this is one big piece of the puzzle to get a proper mobile & tablet environment/solution with Qt/KDE. Can't wait for the day that KDE bites the tail of Android



install it with the adding this repository - NOTE this is a experimental version that'll most likely to crash (however it shouldn't ruin the common/standard muon packages, updater and software center)

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:echidnaman/qapt-experimental 

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install muon-discover

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Thanks for sharing Dequire!

b.r

Jonas

[dequire]

You're most welcome! Glad you liked it. It is slated to replace Muon Software Center in the future, by the way.

[sumski]

Sorry, to steal the thread for a second
I've noticed you are referring to my PPA, that PPA is for users of Kubuntu release + Kubuntu backports, if you are using 'plain' Kubuntu without backports, you shoud use this.

Great blog dequire

[dequire]

Great blog dequire

Much thanks! Maybe one day you can teach me how to package

[sumski]

Sure , best way is to just start it yourself, and when/if needed take a look here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete

[dequire]

Sure , best way is to just start it yourself, and when/if needed take a look here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete

I'll have a look. I want to package Daisy Launcher, FDesktop Recorder, and some other nice KDE apps.

[sumski]

You can use packaging from similar package as a skeleton (smooth-tasks, or former icon-tasks) and just adjust for you app. Most of individual KDE apps are pretty straightforward to package.

[DeMus]

Since it comes installed in Kubuntu14.04 (and it is the only software installation tool visible in the menu) I used it.
But, when I click on the install button to install a program absolutely nothing happens.
I can select any program I want, I get the details about it including an install button, clicking on it shows me the type your pasword window, after which nothing happens.
Is this a known bug, or am I doing something wrong here? I use Kubuntu 14.04 -64bits in a virtual machine with host LinuxMint 16-64, also KDE.

[Jimmy.P]

It installs the app in the background. So if you wait a while the it is installed.


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[DeMus]

How long should I wait before it is finally installed? I checked to see if it was installed but no, still not.

Oops, I stand correct. This morning when I booted into Kubuntu it did not install anything. Now, in the afternoon I booted into Kubuntu again and now it does install the program I want to have, in my case The Gimp.
I am thinking of having no network connection this morning. Maybe that caused it. No idea. Can't tell anymore.

Anyway, it does install and I am happy it does cause it seems to me to be a very nice program. Really blends in to the KDE look and feel.

[Jimmy.P]

Strange. In mine i can see in the lower left of the app that it is installing an app. How long. you Should wait depends on the size. Like firefox tales a couple of minutes to install.


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[GreyGeek]

Thanks to dequire's blog the bluemint, I found this coming improvement on Muon. It's quite unstable atm but looks really promising! I like the fact that at last(!) the gap is filled with a proper package-manager for KDE.....

Jonas

Indeed!
I installed Kubuntu Trusty on a relative's laptop last weekend and noticed the Muon Discoverer. He is giving it to his grand kids. They will love that GUI!