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After reinstalling the OS a few times on this Desktop computer, I decided, since I had most of the important stuff backup (so I could have my system back in working order in some 40 minutes, if I ever had to reinstall it, update and restore all my backups) I decided to do a little experiment on this antiX full 64bits (runit) OS: install gnome-software.
Do not do this if you do not have backups, it has the potential to turn your antix into a frankendebian, and you may have to reinstall…1- On the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install gnome-software
2- After the installation finishes, launch gnome-software:
sudo gnome-software
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3.1.- Just to be on the safe side:
On the app’s main window, click the “3 dots” icon on the upper right > click the first option (about Software Sources) > “Updates” Tab > uncheck everything there> Click “close”
On the app’s main window, click the “3 dots” icon on the upper right > click the second option (about Updates) > toggle off both options > Click “close”
3.2- Press the update button, on the top right part of the main screen. After an error message pops up (gnome-software can’t reboot your antiX), close every single app you have open (I did tell you to backup everything, right?) and reboot your computer
4- After rebooting, antix menu > Terminal
sudo geany /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Software.desktopSearch for the line (should be line 127) that says:
Exec=gnome-software %Uand replace it with:
Exec=gksu “gnome-software“
Save the change.
5- Now the configuration is finished. Any time you want, you can launch gnome-software from the menu: antiX Menu > Applications > System > Applications (it has the same icon as our Package Installer)- yeah gnome sucks at naming their apps, they always use generic names, like “Browser”, “Editor” or… “Applications”
Ignore completely the “Updates” tab on the main screen – always use antiX Updater, to keep your system up to date.
If you want to install anything in antiX, first try antiX Package Installer, if you don’t find what you want, you can try gnome-software, if that fails, try synaptic (or using apt in the terminal, if you don’t mind using the Terminal)Note1: This makes life simpler, if you don’t understand English, because the descriptions of the apps are very well localized (at least they are in pt)- it’s not the entire Debian Repository, but it has lots of easily searchable and “installable” apps- you don’t even see the Terminal, it’s all done in GUI mode.
Note2: You may run into some error messages- just close them. At least according to my tests, gnome-software seems to play well with antiX- it just can’t reboot the system. Do not forget to keep your system up to date using antiX-updater
Using an App Store can be more intuitive, because you search for software, not the abstract idea of “packages”- Package Installer does a great job and has some great essential apps, but about 200 or so… but gnome-software probably has thousands of “Applications”- with icons, short description, long description (not all of them localized), sometimes even screenshots of the apps…
This is just a fun experiment, I’ll keep using trusty old “apt search” and “sudo apt install”… but some users can appreciate having this GUI option available- simpler (and also dumber) than Synaptic…P.
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