I am wondering what my options are for a GUI in Debian? I have installed Debian and updated the kernel to 2.6.12-1-k7 however I have desktop manager and I have no windows manager.
I tried installed Gnome from scratch using APT and I am very frustrated as I have installed/reformated Debian 8 times this week
How hard is it to get XFCE2 installed or something simular?
If someone can tell me what commands I will need to start off with in APT since I don't have a Windows or Desktop manager, I really need to get a GUI on this system.
Thanks!
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What Are My Options?
heaven, why ...?I have installed/reformated Debian 8 times this week
not hard at all.How hard is it to get XFCE2 installed or something simular?
where are your problems in installing gnome? gnome 2.8 in sarge is
exellent and normally on command installs everything ...
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So what is my next step? Do I need to download Xorg or something to that nature before I decide on Gnome/XFCE2/KDE? I just want to do this right from scratch and so far everyone is like, "install this this and that and then you need this". When it is all said and done I have like 800MB's of files and packages that still don't give me a GUI. I would love to get the latest version og Gnome 2.12 however I just can't understand what I am doing wrong.
2.12 was releaseased by gnome.org 3 weeks ago. normally it takes about 4 month until new gnome versions enter the debian unstable branch. so if you want 2.12 you probably have to compile it yourself.I would love to get the latest version og Gnome 2.12 however I just can't understand what I am doing wrong.
the actual gnome version in etch is 2.10
i dont understand what you mean by this?When it is all said and done I have like 800MB's of files
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First step would be to make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list file is in order, and that you have a connection to the internet, then (as root) apt-get update && apt-get install xserver-xfree86 (assuming you are using Sarge, for Etch or Sid it would be xserver-xorg). Then you would install gnome with apt-get install gnome-core or KDE with apt-get install kdebase. For other window managers you'd use a similar command, but substitute the package name for the window manager you want. You can find the names of packages by searching apt's cache with the command apt-cache search searchstring.
Before installing the xserver and desktop, but after running apt-get udate you may want to run apt-get upgrade to make sure the base system packages you installed are all updated to the latest versions.
Before installing the xserver and desktop, but after running apt-get udate you may want to run apt-get upgrade to make sure the base system packages you installed are all updated to the latest versions.
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Ok here is what I have done and what I plan to do in the order I list below. Because I am using or want to use "Etch" / "Testing", I will install xserver-xorg.
I just installed Debian and I have made sure all my sources in /etc/apt/sources.list are 100%.
I just ran the apt-get update & apt-get upgrade command.
I upgraded my kernel using apt-get install linux-image-2.6.12-1-k6
Now what I will do from here:
#apt-get install xserver-xorg
#apt-get install gnome-core
Now is there anything that I forgot to do? Will the above two commands give me a graphical Gnome login window like Fedora does when I select to install Gnome?
Thanks for your help!
I just installed Debian and I have made sure all my sources in /etc/apt/sources.list are 100%.
I just ran the apt-get update & apt-get upgrade command.
I upgraded my kernel using apt-get install linux-image-2.6.12-1-k6
Now what I will do from here:
#apt-get install xserver-xorg
#apt-get install gnome-core
Now is there anything that I forgot to do? Will the above two commands give me a graphical Gnome login window like Fedora does when I select to install Gnome?
Thanks for your help!