On 12/06/16 12:18, richard lucassen wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> For a few friends I installed Mate desktop using Debian. Under
> Debian systemd is required for running Mate. When trying to install
> Mate on a Devuan Ascii (using the Debian install commands) I run into a
> dependency hell of unmet dependencies. And I'd rather use the normal
> repositories for Mate than to muck about with sources. I just want these
> machines to be moreorless self supporting ;-)
>
> I use Ascii myself and I will stay with WindowMaker, so for me there's
> no problem, but does Devuan Jessie have installable Mate packages?
>
> R.
>

Simple answer, yes, I have just installed Devuan along with Mate from
the Beta CD.

Rowland