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Install chili sddm theme on Debian

Install chili sddm theme on debian 9

Download archive to ~/Downloads. Then, extract archive to sddm themes directory:

sudo tar -xzvf ~/Downloads/sddm-chili-0.1.5.tar.gz -C /usr/share/sddm/themes
sudo mv /usr/share/sddm/themes/sddm-chili-0.1.5 /usr/share/sddm/themes/chili
sudo apt install qml-module-qtquick-controls \
  qml-module-qtquick-extras qml-module-qtquick-layouts \
  qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects
# Test theme inside session (no error about missing modules shall display)
sddm-greeter --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/chili

Add chili theme to alternatives with higher priority than debian packages:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-theme sddm-debian-theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/chili 50

Check theme is used by running update-alternatives --query sddm-debian-theme. If not selected, run sudo update-alternatives --config sddm-debian-theme to change them at boot time.

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