Re: X-Windows, Enlightenment, & Gnome

[Defresne Sylvain <sylvain.defresne@enst-bretagne.fr>]

Hello,
* Chris (hax@lwginc.com) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have just installed the base Debian 2.2 system.
> Now I would like to down load and install, X-Windows, Enlightenment, &
> Gnome.
> I can get Dselect to show me the available packages, but I am having
> problems

	The easiest ways is to use the task-* package (task-gnome,
	task-x-window-system-core).

> locating the necessary packages.
> Should I try apt-get instead.
> If so how to I learn the names of the packages to download.

	To search for a package, you can use `apt-cache'.

apt-cache search regexp

	will show every package that matche the regexp,

apt-cache show packagename

	will show the detailed description of the package.

> I have seen the apt-get update command but how to I view the output.
> 
> Thanks for your assistance
> 
> Chris

Bye
-- 
DEFRESNE Sylvain