Installing Unofficial 1.1.0 Debian Packages

[edwardp3]

I am running Debian (both Stable and Testing) in virtual machines and was surprised to see Testing still has 0.16.0.

If the unofficial 1.1.0 packages are installed per the instructions at https://github.com/severusseptimius/lxqt-1.1-debian, how are any updated packages (bug fixes, etc.) installed?

Thanks.

[stefonarch]

You mean the LXQt packages? It's the release version, hopefully packages will be updated to 1.2.0 in autumn.
I'm using testing and those packages without issues, one was immediately solved.

[edwardp3]

I have never cloned a git repo.

If the packages available at the above repo are installed via cloning its git repo, if/once updated packages eventually become available afterwards to fix bugs, etc., or perhaps a new version, how are those packages updated? There isn't a Discussions section over at that repo.

[stefonarch]

The process of cloning is quite easy as described here.

Once you have this local copy you can update it easily by opening a terminal inside the directory (F4) and use git git pull.
You'll have to issue the other commands again to install the updated packages. But there won't be many updates if any, the last ones were only about updating requested dependencies.

[edwardp3]

I've decided to wait until the 1.1.0 packages reach Debian's unstable repo. Hope it's soon, since the bug in 0.16.0 re grouped windows remains (only affects Debian for some reason, not seeing this in other distros).