Re: Ready to join the club..
On Fri October 21 2005 06:45 pm, Greg wrote:
> It worked, sort of.
>
> Thanks to all for the advice, including the kind I didn't listen to.
> The dual boot stet up fine. However, during the Debian install, I
> accidently skipped over the part to install the desktop environment,
> print server, etc. When all was complete I was left with a prompt.
> Not what I was hoping for. Is there a way to install the desktop
> environment with doing a whole re-install.
That is the way I always install debian, so depending on your point of view
your just where you should be. :)
Now you need to install whatever software you choose. There are a few ways to
do that, what's below is the way I do it, not the gospel in any way. You can
use it or not.
I use dselect as my prefered front end to the debian archive. There is also
aptitude. You can pick and choose whatever you'd like to install. I'd start
with alsa-base, x-window-system as well as gnome and/or kde.
If you choose to use deselect you'll need to use the update option from it's
main menu before you get underway so it'll read in your list of what's
available. Have fun! BTW, that prompt is the most powerful in the computing
world, don't forget about it.. ;)
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