Cant get desktop (Any) to install on Debian

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Satanatas

9 posts

Wannabe Geek

#99097 12-Mar-2012 18:34

Hi all,

Im new to both geekzone and Linux so bare with me if you can,

I have a laptop with Debian installed however it is just the base file no desktop client etc.

I wanted to install one so tried apt-get install gnome but that wouldnt work, I then tried apt-cache search gnome and it brought up nothing. I have tried the same with a few different desktop options but im getting nowhere.

Am i completely missing the gist of things??

I dont even care what desktop i have at this stage.

Cheers.

alexx

867 posts

Ultimate Geek

#594302 12-Mar-2012 19:16

Which release of debian?
If uncertain...

# cat /etc/debian_version

You would need to run 'apt-get update' before ''apt-get install' or 'apt-get upgrade'.
Does 'apt-get update' work o.k.?

I would have though 'apt-get install gnome' should work.
Perhaps 'apt-get install gnome-desktop'

Were there any error messages?
You are doing this as root (or sudo) aren't you?

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nzkc

1572 posts

Uber Geek

#594303 12-Mar-2012 19:17

If you're new to Linux, perhaps try Ubuntu (which admittedly is based on Debian)....

I had a quick look on my Ubuntu server, I would guess its: sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment

Satanatas

9 posts

Wannabe Geek

#594306 12-Mar-2012 20:11

alexx: Which release of debian?
If uncertain...

# cat /etc/debian_version

You would need to run 'apt-get update' before ''apt-get install' or 'apt-get upgrade'.
Does 'apt-get update' work o.k.?

I would have though 'apt-get install gnome' should work.
Perhaps 'apt-get install gnome-desktop'

Were there any error messages?
You are doing this as root (or sudo) aren't you?

Hi,

its 6.0.4

Logged in as Root. ran apt-get update and all says done so i guess it worked.

I get the error "unable to locate package"

Cheers.

Satanatas

9 posts

Wannabe Geek

#594307 12-Mar-2012 20:13

nzkc: If you're new to Linux, perhaps try Ubuntu (which admittedly is based on Debian)....

I had a quick look on my Ubuntu server, I would guess its: sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment

Might have to.

Tried apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment as root but same thing, Unable to locate package.

alexx

867 posts

Ultimate Geek

#594308 12-Mar-2012 20:26

What about this one?
http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome

# apt-get install aptitude tasksel

# tasksel install gnome-desktop --new-install

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Satanatas

9 posts

Wannabe Geek

#594312 12-Mar-2012 20:32

alexx: What about this one?
http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome

# apt-get install aptitude tasksel

# tasksel install gnome-desktop --new-install

Thats worked! Awesome.

Thanks mate. its installing now so hopefully no more issues but ill let you know if there is :)

alexx

867 posts

Ultimate Geek

#598889 23-Mar-2012 01:05

How are you getting on with your Debian squeeze (6.0) installation?
I've just done an install here and pretty soon I wanted a newer iceweasel (firefox) and newer gnash (GNU shockwave flash player).

So I added the repositories for backports and mozilla updates.
Details here:
http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
http://mozilla.debian.net/

First (as root) create a file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list

# Debian Backports and Debian Mozilla packages.
# http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
# http://mozilla.debian.net/

deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release

Then install the archive key from http://mozilla.debian.net/
E.g. as root:

# wget http://mozilla.debian.net/pkg-mozilla-archive-keyring_1.0_all.deb
# dpkg -i pkg-mozilla-archive-keyring_1.0_all.deb

Then to install the latest iceweasel (e.g. firefox 11.0).

# apt-get update
# apt-get -t squeeze-backports install iceweasel

To update GNU flash...

# apt-get update
# apt-get -t squeeze-backports install browser-plugin-gnash

Now I'm running iceweasel/firefox 11.0 and the performance of GNU flash seems better on Youtube videos too.

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