Re: Best way to install a new session manager

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@POBox.com>]

On Apr 11, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote:

> On Sat,11.Apr.09, 14:14:12, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > After installing from the default CD (e.g. "businesscard") I'd like  
> > to
> > make other session managers than Gnome available. (e.g. xfce or kde).
> >
> > What's the best way to do that so as to get all packages installed  
> > the
> > same way they would have been had I used the associated install CD?
> >
> > Is this in the manuals or wiki somewhere?  If not, would it be a good
> > idea to do that?
>
> Use 'tasksel'


Thanks Andrei!

I kinda figured it involved tasksel.  The question is, what particular  
options to tasksel (and surrounding environment[*]) do I need to use  
to get it to install the xfce (or kde, or any other non-gnome) session  
manager with the exact same set of component packages that I would  
have gotten had I used the xfce install CD?

Thanks!

Rick

[*] for an example of what I mean by "surrounding environment", Franz  
Pop suggested I use.

> 	echo "tasksel tasksel/desktop string kde" | debconf-set-selections