Hello,
I installed a minimal desktop with lubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64. Apparently, that doesn’t include the package manager (Discover). I couldn’t figure out any way to install it. apt did not show any listing for Discover.
Is this an oversight or did I miss something?
I ended up doing a new install with “Normal” instead of “Minimal” to solve the problem but that seems extreme.
Did you try plasma-discover?
But, it does have quite a few dependencies, back-ends and whatnot; and every time some component of the desktop changes or updates, discover breaks down or malfunctions. I’m not a great fan to be sure.
You don’t say what your Linux experience is although you can install packages via the terminal.
sudo apt install package name
Welcome to the forum churry.
The Minimal Installation is listed specifically as installing “Only the desktop environment”; a package manager does not fit that definition, as it’s not a desktop provided feature.
You probably wanted features of a Normal install, as that is what most users want. A normal install includes the base Ubuntu system, and LXQt desktop only added of minimal, but also the normal extra packages a distro comes with; which include web browsers, package managers etc.
FYI: LXQt isn’t only for deb or Ubuntu systems thus that desktop contains no package tools (Plasma Discover was created for the KDE Plasma desktop) and the base Ubuntu system includes command line tools that work on servers without any GUI/desktop.
No, I didn’t notice that. I was looking for “discover” but didn’t know what “plasma” was and ignored it. 
I am aware that it is “only the desktop environment”. I don’t agree on that definition for the desktop environment because I think managing apps is an essential part of a desktop environment.
Regardless, thanks for the clarification. That helps me understand what to expect and it might help someone else!
Thank you. I do know how to use apt but I didn’t specify and I appreciate your reply!
