Pagedesigner relies on the ui_patterns module, which allows users to place structural elements (rows) on a page to build a layout, and to populate those rows with design elements. In principle, ui_patterns patterns can be defined in yml files in a theme or module. Currently no patterns are designed in the module. Therefore, users who want to evaluate Pagedesigner, or use it in a basic setup, must define patterns in code before anything happens.
The pagedesigner_theme does provide some example patterns. However, it is not maintained, and cannot be installed on Drupal 9 using composer. I leave aside the option of using the 'lenient' option which allows to composer to install Drupal 8 module on Drupal 9, because it tends to lead to a composer setup which is broken in other ways and frustratingly hard to fix.
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