I've tried shwsh's procedure and it doesn't work in the first step.
apt loops in a large messages list, all saying:

...
Note, selecting 'python2.7-taurus' for regex '.'
Note, selecting 'r-cran-kernsmooth' for regex '.'
Note, selecting 'slsh' for regex '.'
...

Neither with dpkg:
$ sudo dkg -i elogind_234-2.2_amd64.deb
...
dpkg: error processing archive elogind_234-2.2_amd64.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite '/lib/udev/rules.d/70-power-switch.rules', which is
also in package udev 215-17+deb8u7
dpkg: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
elogind_234-2.2_amd64.deb

Scenario was: Devuan 8 fresh install with all defaults, and only removed
default desktop with:
$ sudo tasksel remove desktop xfce-desktop
$ sudo reboot


El 18/09/17 a les 12:28, Svante Signell ha escrit:
> On Mon, 2017-09-18 at 09:02 +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote:
>> Is there some published procedure to install Gnome in Devuan 8/9 ?
>>
>> I need this to migrate desktop users from Debian & Ubuntu.
>
> On IRC September 6 somebody (shwsh) reported gnome running on Devuan. He
> packaged elogind gnome-settings-deamon. For more info see
> https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1581
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