Post installation add and start LXDE on Stretch

[k829king]

I want to be able to use the LXDE on some occasions. I have units that will normally run in console mode, at moment if you type startx you get the default (Gnome?) GUI, but I would like to use LXDE.
I ran apt-get install LXDE. What else do I need to do to get (a) startx to start LXDE and not Gnome and (b) is there something else I need to install and configure as, if I type startlxde I get.
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** Message: main.vala.102: Session is LXDE
** Message: main.vala.103: DE is LXDE

(lxsession:1195) : Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
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[cronoik]

You can set the default to LXDE with:

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update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

[k829king]

thankyou, that provides list of alternatives as below, do I want the lxsession or the startlxde? Given the previous failure on manually trying to exec startlxde I presume lxsession?
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There are 4 choices for the alternative x-session-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-session-manager).
Selection Path Priority Status
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* 0 /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/lxsession 49 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/openbox-session 40 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/startlxde 50 manual mode
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[Head_on_a_Stick]

do I want the lxsession or the startlxde?

startlxde

Reference: https://wiki.debian.org/LXDE

[k829king]

Thankyou, fixed.