In Linux Mint 8 (based on Ubuntu Karmic) the .deb file cannot install because mono-jit is an unsatisfied dependency. Mono-jit does not exist for Karmic as far as I can tell, Apt-get says mono-jit has been replaced by mono-runtime,. DDM does not recognize this:
Package mono-jit is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
mono-runtime
E: Package mono-jit has no installation candidate
Here is the response from trying to install the package:
sudo dpkg -i desktop-data-manager_0.8.11_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package desktop-data-manager.
(Reading database ... 141228 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking desktop-data-manager (from desktop-data-manager_0.8.11_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of desktop-data-manager:
desktop-data-manager depends on mono-jit; however:
Package mono-jit is not installed.
desktop-data-manager depends on mono-classlib-1.0 | libmono1.0-cil; however:
Package mono-classlib-1.0 is not installed.
Package libmono1.0-cil is not installed.
desktop-data-manager depends on gtk-sharp2 (>= 2.8.0) | libgnome2.0-cil; however:
Package gtk-sharp2 is not installed.
Package libgnome2.0-cil is not installed.
desktop-data-manager depends on gtk-sharp2 (>= 2.8.0) | libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil; however:
Package gtk-sharp2 is not installed.
Package libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil is not installed.
dpkg: error processing desktop-data-manager (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
desktop-data-manager