To install Lomiri

libremax

How to install Lomiri

Lomiri has made great strides recently and it would be good if many people could test it on Ubuntu 24.04, Debian unstable,...
But installation instructions are hard to find.
The Lomiri.com site is not updated, points to GitHub which redirects to GitLab which contains references to GitHub...
In short, it's a mess.
I found an answer from Marius Gripsgard on X (Twitter):

"You can now install it on unstable :):
apt install lomiri-desktop-session mir-graphics-drivers-desktop lightdm
".

Hopefully this will help someone and the websites will be updated soon.

carl

hi libremax

I tested it with debian twice and always with the same result

The first time with the Gnome Flashback sid desktop and the second without a graphical environment with the Sid repository

apt install lomiri-desktop-session mir-graphics-drivers-desktop lightdm

error message

root@debian:~# apt install lomiri-desktop-session mir-graphics-drivers-desktop lightdm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libpam0t64 : Breaks: libpam0g (< 1.5.3-4)
lomiri-history-service : Depends: libqt5sql5-sqlite but it is not installable
qml-module-qtquick-localstorage : Depends: libqt5sql5-sqlite but it is not installable
usermetricsservice : Depends: libqt5sql5-sqlite but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

arubislander

@carl I installed the minimal version of Ubuntu 24.04 Daily build, rebooted into the new install and then installed the package lomiri-desktop-session manually from a terminal. Be sure to select lightdm as the default display manager.

After rebooting, everything worked surprisingly well.

libremax

@carl Are you sure you use Debian unstable (alias Sid) ?
Can't test or help more for now, I don't have a Debian unstable...

carl

Hi libremax

yes Debian unstable (alias Sid)

I retested with an installation from debian stable

bookworm stable/12
root@debian:~# apt install lomiri-desktop-session mir-graphics-drivers-desktop lightdm
erratic behavior, therefore very difficult to use.
trixie testing/13
after a few seconds the screen freezes and asks me for my password on my second screen which is inaccessible.
trixie unstable sid/13
I only used my main screen, but after a few seconds it still asks me for my password and it is impossible to configure my keyboard (Canadian multilingual).

carl

with sid for a few days, there are many unresolved dependencies waiting for the release of gnome 46 and qt6

wynn1212

As of 4/25, you can now try Lomiri with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on Ubuntu Unity
They have testing iso for Ubuntu Lomiri 24.04 LTS and comes with installer.

I'm now switch my Surface Go 3 tablet from Debian Sid to Ubuntu Lomiri 24.04 LTS