[solved] Re: Meta Destkop packgae (when installing)
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:36:40AM -0400, André Allavena wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > Is there a meta package corresponding to the high level "desktop"
> > package that one has the choice to install when doing a complete,
> > froms scratch install?
>
> You could do a couple of things. You could rerun 'tasksel' which is
> the program that is run during installation that allows you to pick
> high level options like "desktop" or "server".
That's the one I was looking for.
Thanks
> Gnome
> Kde
> xfce
> there may be more, but that should get you started. note the above
> descriptions are my opinion only and should not really be trusted.
> :)
Good, because I wanted some of the apps, not the desktop itself and
was too lazy to do it by hand :-)
I'm happy with WindowMaker. Is it sill maintained actually?
André
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André Allavena
Post-Doctoral Fellow
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
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