Install Regolith on Debian

regolith-debian

# See https://github.com/regolith-linux/regolith-desktop/issues/32

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/regolith-linux/release/ubuntu bionic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/regolith.list
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EFC31B0AE9F1000B38E37FC8C0930F305A0E0FEF
apt update
apt install devscripts build-essential cdbs libxcb1-dev gperf pkg-config xutils-dev
# create setup folder
mkdir rego-setup && cd rego-setup/
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xcb-util/xcb-util_0.4.0.orig.tar.gz
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xcb-util/xcb-util_0.4.0-0ubuntu3.debian.tar.xz
tar -xvf xcb-util_0.4.0.orig.tar.gz
cd xcb-util-0.4.0
tar -xvf ../xcb-util_0.4.0-0ubuntu3.debian.tar.xz
dpkg-buildpackage -b
cd ..
apt install ./libxcb-util1_0.4.0-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
# remove the install folder
cd .. && rm -R rego-setup
apt install regolith-desktop-standard

Can you explain, what it does and why it is necessary? Why isn't it just possible, to add the repos and run apt install regolith-desktop?

Can you explain, what it does and why it is necessary? Why isn't it just possible, to add the repos and run apt install regolith-desktop?

It was to install regolith on Debian. I think some of the package dependencies were different, so I had to pull them in specifically. It was a year ago, so this might not be necessary any longer.

I mean rather, what the lines do. I used it and it works, but I have no idea, why.

I mean rather, what the lines do. I used it and it works, but I have no idea, why.

Google is your friend.