Re: How to properly Gnomeify Storm Linux?

[John McBride <jmcbride@networkone.net>]

Phillip Deackes wrote:
> 
> John McBride <jmcbride@networkone.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been using Storm Linux, but am tired of KDE.
> >
> > I installed potato, and the helix-gnome, as well as some of the window
> > managers.
> 
> On my Storm (Potato) system Helix Gnome wouldn't install because it
> demanded some more recent packages.
> 
> I did 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. My
> /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this:
> 
> deb ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk:/mirrors/debian woody main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.stormix.com/storm potato main
> deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde
> deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
> deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main
> 
> The first line is a local Debian mirror - replace it with your own.
> 
> You might need to then do 'apt-get install task-helix-core
> task-helix-gnome' - this is  normally only necessary to upgrade a system
> which currently has gnome installed on it, you would run this line
> instead of 'apt-get dist-upgrade' above.
> 
> I would recommend moving/renaming any .gnome folders in your home
> directory so you get the default Helix-Gnome desktop rather than one you
> might have been trying to run before.

Phillip,

Thanks, using the "task-helix..." targets fixed all my problems. I
originally tried "dist-upgrade", which missed a bunch of things.

---
John