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Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso



On Fri 17 Sep 2021 at 01:42:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> On Jo, 16 sep 21, 14:04:05, Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 16 Sep 2021 at 10:48:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > 
> > > On Jo, 16 sep 21, 05:06:02, Sriram wrote:
> > > >  Hi Team
> > > > i have tried to install the minimal iso file yesterday , but Network
> > > > Manager is not installing, also build-essentials not there for
> > > > building the xfce tar files
> > > > i tried to install the Network manager deb file but it required so
> > > > many dependencies, i managed to install except one deb filecalled
> > > > glib , not sure which package it contains
> > > > can some one help as to what are the required dependent deb files
> > > > for Network Manager as well as build-essentials 
> > > 
> > > How exactly are you trying to install them?
> > > 
> > > With a properly configured Debian connected to the internet all you need 
> > > is (as root):
> > > 
> > >     apt update
> > >     apt install network-manager-gnome build-essentials
> > > 
> > > 
> > > If you get any errors for this please copy-paste the full output as well 
> > > as the output of `apt policy`.
> > 
> > build-essential, I think (no "s").
> 
> Yes, your're right, and apt's error message is hopefully informative 
> enough:

As I found out when I tried your 'apt install...' command.
 
> $ LANG=C.UTF-8 sudo apt install build-essentials
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package build-essentials
> 
>  
> > Why Sriram needs to build any xfce packages is beyond me.
> 
> This looks very much like an XY problem (sigh).

Sriram wants an Xfce desktop. Dead easy. He installs it using a netinst
ISO or after first boot.

-- 
Brian.


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