Does gdebi ( the gdebi-gtk GUI) work for anybody on Buster?

[@ttila]

It is a workaround: right click-->open with-->gdebi. Works for me

[NFT5]

Well, that's interesting. The exact opposite of what everybody else seems to have experienced.

Maybe you could share what you've done to make this work.

[stevepusser]

Well, that's interesting. The exact opposite of what everybody else seems to have experienced.

Maybe you could share what you've done to make this work.

Probably just run Stretch...

[zyga64]

This is what I did:

1. Created file 'gdebi-pkexec' in /usr/bin with following contents:

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pkexec gdebi-gtk $1

2. Modified /usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop file (only line which starts with Exec=)

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Exec=gdebi-pkexec %f

Works fine

[@ttila]

Well, that's interesting. The exact opposite of what everybody else seems to have experienced.

Maybe you could share what you've done to make this work.

Probably just run Stretch...

No, i've always used testing and i never edited anything to get gdebi working!! i use lxqt

[JeSuisFlaneur]

I had to enter the OS (not User) password. Then it installed.

[pcdoctor01]

I have two Buster installations.

On XFCE gdebi works fine if you start it from the menu, but crashes if started by right clicking on a .deb file.

On KDE it won't start at all.

Interesting.
Didn't know it would work if you run gdebi from the start menu.
I've been installing debs from the command line but I prefer right clicking the deb file myself.
Thanks for the tip!

[ticojohn]

I have two Buster installations.

On XFCE gdebi works fine if you start it from the menu, but crashes if started by right clicking on a .deb file.

On KDE it won't start at all.

I was having problems with gdebi and read this post. Works on my XFCE installation as you have described. Thanks.