MX tools

[napsix65]

Can MX tools be used in another distro with xfce?

[Stevo]

They should be able to be used, unless they depend on packages or special configuration that only MX or antiX has. Adrian would know for sure, but the snapshot app might need some special sauce that we add, for example. Some of the themes in package-installer have been packaged for MX only. Other MX apps would be more generic.

[Jerry3904]

Well, it would have to be Debian-based just to install the debs.

[napsix65]

and where do I download the deb?

[Adrian]

I would not recommend, many depend on specific antiX/MX configurations and files. And not all apps are the same not all are written by the same developer, so I cannot generalize, if I were to generalize I would say "Don't try, they are coded for other distros and are not tested so they can potentially break things " All the tools are open sourced so they can be adapted to any distro, some easier than others.

I used mx- in front for a reason, to make it clear they are built for MX and not designed or tested on other distros.

If you ask which specific tool are you interested in I can give you a more detailed answer.

[napsix65]

thanks

[anticapitalista]

thanks

So, are you not going to tell us which tools you want to use and on which linux distro?

[napsix65]

MX Tools, all. Xubuntu 16.04

[Stevo]

Many of the Qt MX Tools from MX 17 won't even install onto Ubuntu 16.04, because they demand Qt 5 >= 5.7, and 16.04 has 5.5. They'd have to be recompiled on 16.04, which is pretty simple with the "apt-get source <package>", etc method.

[Adrian]

MX Tools, all. Xubuntu 16.04

No. Don't do it. Even if you could technically install them. As a writer of many of them I will guarantee they will mess up your system. They are meant for MX, tested on MX. MX Package Installer installs for example from Debian sources not from Ubuntu, from MX test repo that is compatible with MX not with Ubuntu and so on. There are some apps that are more general and could run but not with this crapshoot approach.

Official answer, don't do it. If you do it you get to keep both broken parts.