Re: How do I install gnome on potato?

[Mike Werner <reznaeous@earthlink.net>]

Pat Mahoney wrote:
<snip>
> You might also consider the Helix gnome package.

I'll second that.  I'm using it here on a couple of woody machines.  It's
quite nice.

> Simply add the line:
> 
> # Helix GNOME
> deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main
> 
> to /etc/apt/sources.list and then apt-get update ; apt-get
> task-helix-core task-helix-gnome (also optionally
> task-helix-gnome-dev)

One slight note here - if you want the entire thing (other than the dev
stuff) then you need do only apt-get install task-helix-gnome  That package
depends on the task-helix-core package.  The end effect is the same either
way.

Also, I believe the original poster said he was using his system
command-line only - the task-helix-core package also depends on the core
XWindows package, and the task-helix-core package will bring in the
Sawfish-Gnome window manager.
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