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WEB GREETER INSTALLER DOES NOT INSTALL CORRECTLY ON DEBIAN BASED OS #63

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sb-online opened this issue Feb 2, 2023 · 1 comment
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Environment

  • OS: mx Linux 19.2 64bit
  • web-greeter version: output of `web-greeter --3.5.0 and 3.5.2'

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Bash completion to install at: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions
No ZSH completion
✔ Dist files copied
✔ Config copied
make: *** No rule to make target 'themes/themes/gruvbox/ts', needed by '/home/live/web-greeter-master/themes/themes/gruvbox/js'. Stop.

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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt install liblightdm-gobject-dev
sudo apt install python3-gi
sudo apt install python3-pyqt5
sudo apt install python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine
sudo apt install python3-ruamel.yaml
sudo apt install python3-pyinotify
sudo apt install libqt5webengine5
sudo apt install gobject-introspection
sudo apt install libxcb1-dev
sudo apt install libx11-dev
sudo apt install rsync
sudo apt install make
npm i -g typescript
sudo apt install git
git clone --recursive https://github.com/nodesource/distributions.git
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash - &&sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo npm i -g typescript
sudo apt-get install pyqt5-dev-tools
sudo apt install build-essential
sudo npm install nody-greeter-types
git clone https://github.com/JezerM/web-greeter.git
cd web-greeter/
sudo make install

ALSO tried installing web-greeter-3.5.2-debian.deb from https://github.com/JezerM/web-greeter/releases/tag/3.5.2

First using gdebi installer

output
[sudo] password for live:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Sub-process Popen returned an error code (2)
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /home/live/Downloads/web-greeter-3.5.2-debian.deb
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

press any key to close

then second using cli > sudo dpkg -i web-greeter-3.5.2-debian.deb

output
dpkg-deb: error: archive 'web-greeter-3.5.2-debian.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up
dpkg: error processing archive web-greeter-3.5.2-debian.deb (--install):
dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
web-greeter-3.5.2-debian.deb

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I expect a successful installation such like:
Bash completion to install at: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions
No ZSH completion
✔ Dist files copied
✔ Config copied
 Gruvbox theme copied
 Dracula theme copied
✔ Resources compiled with pyrcc5
✔ Screensaver.so compiled
✔ web-greeter binary copied
✔ Build succeded
[ -e "/" ] || mkdir -p "/"
cp -R "/home/live/Downloads/web-greeter/build/install_root"/* "/"
✔ Install succeded

AND
for gruvbox theme to run successfully using: web-greeter --debug

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@sb-online sb-online added the bug Something isn't working label Feb 2, 2023
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The above posting concerns cinnamon desktop env.

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