Re: getting a KDE desktop after install, not Gnome
On Friday 25 February 2005 10:30 pm, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Friday 25 February 2005 09:39 am, Pollywog wrote:
> > I installed Debian Sarge using a Netinstall ISO and I had one problem
> > when it was all done. It is difficult to do a manual package
> > selection, so I just had the installer install the system, I chose
> > "Desktop" from the list presented by the installer. When the session
> > manager appeared, it was gdm, so I went to a console and first stopped
> > gdm and then removed (purged) the gdm package, then installed kdm. I
> > logged in but much to my surprise, I did not get KDE but got a Gnome
> > desktop. I removed Nautilus but continued getting a Nautilus
> > desktop. In order to get a KDE desktop, I had to remove a slew of
> > Gnome packages, not just the "Nautilus" packages.
>
> Remove everything related to Gnome, then install KDE.]
The installer installed both Gnome and KDE, it did not ask which one I wanted.
>
> > What is the correct way of dealing with this? Is the only way to do
> > this a manual install (selecting all packages to be installed)?
>
> Selecting all packages just won't work. Too many packages conflict with
> other packages. Just don't try it.
I had tried selecting packages in the days before APT, when there was just
tasksel and dselect and dselect did not work well for me. I think the next
time I install Debian, I will ask the installer for a minimal system and then
use APT to select KDE. I might avoid installing stuff I won't need.
I have games and I don't think I can get rid of them without damaging KDE.
I am going to try later, but I recall going through this on another machine
and having to leave a few of the games.
8)
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