How to install Gnome on Debian??!!

[Dummies]

Hi all.. I am dummies.. about Debian, yesterday I go to Debian website and download a minimum package of Debian, burn it to CD and install it. But now I can go to the command prompt and that it.!!
My purpose is to install Linux to go to the internet. But I can't do that with just prompt. I search on the internet and it say I must install Gnome??!! and to install Gnome I need to change something in /ect/apt/sources.list and I don't know a smallest thing to do this!!!
If any body are patient enough please show me step by step (what to type in the key board) or just ge me a tutorial somewhere on the internet..
Thanks a million..

[Acron_0248]

You should entering in console mode, if so, leave here what have your sources.list, to do this, type in the mode you're now

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list

To install gnome, you can try typing: su y press Enter, you will be asked for the root password, type it and press enter Again

Then, type this

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apt-get install gnome gnome-desktop-enviroment gdm

If i'm correct, you don't even have an xserver, so, you need to install it:

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apt-get install xserver-xfree86 x-windows-system x-windows-system-core

You're install debian what? i mean, Debian Sarge (stable), Debian Etch (Testing) or Debian Sid (unstable)



Bye

[gaixixon]

Oh sir.. I am using Debian stable..
and where can I start to learn Linux commands on the internet??!!

[Acron_0248]

Well, stable works with xserver-xfree86 to get the X (GUI interfaz) so you can try with the earlier commands I gave you


Now, about the commands reading.....well, first of all, linux has is own docs, for examplem to know information about some code you type:

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man code

where "code" will be the code you wnat information about


You can also search the code name in google or another web searcher


A nice place to start looking about some commands about the linux system can be found here


Also, you should read this about debian system


Reegards


Bye

[gaixixon]

Thank you..