Distributions: Deepin

[ggondim]

I was thinking to start this issue with asking for a Deepin distro support, but, I hacked the VERSION variable (when trying to manually install nodejs, following the README steps) and I have discovered the trusty release of Ubuntu is fully compatible with Deepin.

I think this is enough for a nodejs support for Deepin distro. How can I add this distro to nodejs list and/or even conttribute with this release?

[sergioMG25]

Please support to Deepin

[rontav]

Thanks for the hack. You saved me a lot of time

[ShazXVII]

How would I go about doing this? I need nodejs 7.x for a project, but seeing that I'm running Deepin I can't get install the latest version :/

[rontav]

@ShazXVII I can't remember very well, but I think you should edit /etc/lsb-release (try changing DISTRIB_CODENAME from unstable to trusty). If that doesn't work, download the node install script and modify it to skip the distro validation.

[ShazXVII]

@rontav The first solution didn't seem to work, but it's all good because I figured I might as well just run it off my Ubuntu server :)

[diegolameira]

Just to know.

Download the bash file, ex.: deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x

Look for check_alt list and include these line:
check_alt "deepin" "unstable" "Ubuntu" "xenial"

then do:
$ bash file.sh

[chrislea]

@diegolameira if you can make a PR against the setup script(s) with that alias added, we can merge it in for support.

[diegolameira]

did it, #515

[igsu]

We've added support for Deepin, closing this now.