Last Updated on: 20th September 2023, 12:23 am
The Deepin desktop is not available for Sparky any more!
There is a new desktop available for Sparkers now: Deepin Desktop Environment.
DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is a lightweight, elegant desktop environment originally created for the Linux Deepin distribution.
Installation
Installation on existing Sparky installation, alongside to other desktops can be performed via APT/Synaptic/APTus.
1. Recommended way via APTus:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sparky-aptus sparky-desktop sparky-desktop-data
Then install DDE via APTus from the Menu-> System-> APTus-> Desktop-> Deepin
2. APT:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sparky-desktop-deepin
3. Fresh system installation via Sparky MinimalGUI/MinimalCLI 4.4 iso image (and Sparky Advanced Installer).
After installing a new desktop, reboot your machine to take effects.
Known issues:
– if network connection doesn’t start itself – open Deepin Control Center-> Network, disconnect and re-connect, then save it.
– if the bottom panel doesn’t show all icons, launch any application which force to run the panel’s system tray and will display rest of the missing icons.
It looked pretty good, but I also heard about issues with it, so, I’m curious, why it got removed?
It is not compatible with Debian’s Qt libs.
After all first steps done with sucess, then Konsole says “Impossible find the package sparky-desktop-deepin”. The same is repeated in several attempts in different clean installations.
The Deepin desktop is not available any more, sorry.
GREAT JOB FOLKS! install went smooth no surprises or disappointments. love the addition of Deepin.