New User/No GUI

[Charlie <ccangia@earthlink.net>]

	This is my first post, please tell me if I am in the wrong place and 
possibly suggest where I need to be.
	I am fairly new to Linux. I have installed Suse and Ubuntu. I am really 
interested in Debian and have read everything in the install 
instructions. I have tried the auto install and the expert26 install. In 
 the case of the autoinstall I received no choice for gnome or kde. 
Unfortunately I did not get that choice in the expert26 either. I did 
install all 15K+packages. After I got to the command prompt I switched 
to su mode and did an apt-get install gnome. It went through the install 
process and brought me ultimatley back to a command prompt. Then I tried 
init 5 and that is where it ends. I get switching to runlevel 5, and
sending process the term signal and it hangs right there.
	Can anyone point me towards an answer to my plight?

Thank You
Charlie