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Just Installed netinst version, did it install desktop enviornment ( KDE or Gnome)?

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Hi everybody,
I downloaded the netinst version of debian yesterday and installed it on another computer. Everything went fine; it downloaded packages off the internet and everything. After setting up base-config it went to a prompt. Now, I don't know how to start the desktop enviornment from the prompt. I've tried 'startx' and 'startkde', both came back with 'unknown command'. Any help?

NOTE: When going through base-config I installed 'desktop enviornment', but whenever I go back in to base-config only 'mail client' is starred(*). How do I know if I even have KDE or Gnome?

Thanks for the help.

-kaz

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Nope: the netinstaller is

Submitted by mverwijs on Mon, 2006-08-21 11:24.

Nope: the netinstaller is meant to be for Desktop *and* Servers (and then some).

This means it does a bare-bones install and leaves it up to you what you want installed.

Try these commands:

apt-get update;
apt-get install x-window-system
apt-get install gnome kde xfce4
apt-get install gdm
/etc/init.d/gdm start

This will install your Desktop Environments and start a graphical login.

Major problem: I hope the Xserver can configure itself for your hardware.

Kind regards,

mverwijs

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Thanks, one more question

Submitted by kazsemisonic on Mon, 2006-08-21 12:08.

Thanks mverwijs, I am currently installing the x-window-system. I was wondering how you knew which ones i needed, is there a list somewhere. I also wanted to get the firefox webbrowser and was wondering if there was something to install that.

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You can search for packages

Submitted by pinniped on Mon, 2006-08-21 22:07.

You can search for packages by keywords:

apt-cache search desktop

You can then display a particular package and see what it depends on:

apt-cache show kdm

It can take quite a few minutes to find and install all you want; alternatively you can do:

tasksel

That will have a menu like "do you want a graphical desktop" but the current version is rather stupid and installs numerous desktops. I would recomment you use "aptitude" instead:

aptitude

You might have to read the manual a bit before you can operate it comfortably:

info aptitude
or else:
man aptitude

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