#1 2019-10-02 20:31:38

bobhund

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bl openbox desktop on mx

So after long time on #! and bunsenlabs I ended on mx. Mostly because of the repos etc. and it seemed like a really good idea. But now I am missing the  bl open box desktop. Is it possible in a relative easy way, to install bl desktop on mx linux now when they are both buster?

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Gaucho

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

Add the BunsenLabs experimental repo...

deb https://kelaino.bunsenlabs.org/~johnraff/debian lithium main

Update, upgrade and add the meta package and reboot...

sudo apt install bunsen-meta-all

Reference...

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=5546

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ohnonot

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

^ Essentially.
That said, I believe MX Linux differs significantly from vanilla Debian - they don't use systemd for one - that might pose some challenges.

lowrider

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

^ MX comes with systemd pre installed. One can choose to boot with or without from grub bootscreen.

ohnonot

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

^ nifty. So, was it AntiX that doesn't use systemd at all?

lowrider

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

^ yes, AntiX is systemd free from the beginning.

bobhund

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

Ok, just so I understand, if add the repositories, update and upgrade, reboot with systemd off, my comp will op in the bl experiemental?

ohnonot

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

^ try it?

manyroads

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

So here is the error I get trying to add the repos on MX19b3:

Err:6 https://kelaino.bunsenlabs.org/~johnraff/debian lithium InRelease
  The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8FFD2CE993071671
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: https://kelaino.bunsenlabs.org/~johnraff/debian lithium InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8FFD2CE993071671
E: The repository 'https://kelaino.bunsenlabs.org/~johnraff/debian lithium InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Last edited by manyroads (2019-10-07 18:03:23)

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bigbenaugust

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

I have added the BL Helium repos to MX 18 and it worked like a champ. Or was it Lithium and MX 19... anyway, it was super. Seems to me bl-exit was the only thing dependent on systemd.

@manyroads, you need to add the key for the repo like here: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 524#p81524

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Gaucho

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Re: bl openbox desktop on mx

Seems to me bl-exit was the only thing dependent on systemd.

Our new bl-exit can be edited to not use systemd. Post a new topic for this as discussions were kind of preliminary...

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=5617

The current (still old) thread which discusses sytemd...

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=3650

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