when i installed Debian 3.1 Stable, i forgot to install GNOME! at the moment i don't know how to do it! please help!
In debian, you can install every package with the apt-get command. The command finds all dependencies automatically. To find a special package, in you case the gnome packages, type this on the commandline: apt-cache search gnome Then install all packages you want to install with: apt-get install [PACKAGENAME] Where you replace [PACKAGENAME] with the name of the package, if you want to install more then one package, you can add them with spaces. Example: apt-get install package1 package 2 pachkage3 All installation commands must be issued as root user, so either login as root or switch with the command "su" to root.
Code: package gnome is not available, but is reffered to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E:Package gnome has no installation candidate it says that when i use the command Code: apt-get install gnome i did insert the 1st cd into the cdrom drive! do i have to mount the cdrom drive? how do i do that?
Did you run Code: apt-cache search gnome before, as Till suggested? This will show all Gnome-related packages, and from that list you can pick the packages you want.
Had the same problem, if you didn't fix it yet here is what I did: First, verify /etc/apt/sources.list. Could use apt-spy / netselect-apt to know fastest apt mirror apt-get install install x-window-system Once X installed proceed with gnome, following packages are minimum but gives you gnome gui based interface... so on it's easier to add other packages from synaptic. apt-get install gnome-core gdm synaptic
Will Gnome break Ispconfig? Can i install samba server? Hello! Will in any way Gnome installation break Ispconfig? I followed The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1) by Falko. Can i also install Samba Server for Windows access, without breaking ispconfig? Thanx
sensible advice? It may not be sensible to tell a new user to "apt-cache search gnome"? Did you ever try it? You get at least a hundred lines of response - which you cannot read without a GUI or some extra knowledge. carrt7, www.godornot.org
