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Old 04-23-2011, 04:20 PM   #1
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I installed Debian 6.0 (squeeze) on my desktop, but that installed GNOME by default and I wanted KDE. I searched online how to switch it to KDE but I can't seem to make sense out of the instructions.

Also, Eclipse and VirtualBox appear to not be supporting debian - at least that's what the software manager is saying. I downloaded the virtualbox package from their website but when I tried running it, I got a message that the platform is not right. It's a 32 bit machine, so I'm not sure what's going on?

Is it going to be easier to just install Gentoo? I need something that also supports NTFS as I have a couple of particions with my files from Windows.
 
Old 04-23-2011, 05:31 PM   #2
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Hya,

0: As a general rule, one thread one topic (question).

1: KDE, It is NOT difficult to change window managers in Debian. I checked several including KDE, gnome, xfce4, twm.... I do not recall all of them. Simply follow follow debian way usually works.

2: Eclipse and VertualBox. Several month ago, I installed on Debian without major trouble. I just followed instruction.

3.1 Gentoo: I do not know. Try it and post answer here.
3.2 NTFS: File systems are supported by kernel. As long as you use right kernel environment, you are okay.

Happy Penguins!
 
Old 04-23-2011, 05:36 PM   #3
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To install KDE, follow these instructions: http://wiki.debian.org/KDE

Gentoo is a lot more involved than Debian, you need to follow the instructions very carefully and it helps to understand the terminology. Read the install guide at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/?catid=install#doc_chap2 - the Gentoo Handbook is a good place to start.
 
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Originally Posted by ventsyv View Post
I installed Debian 6.0 (squeeze) on my desktop, but that installed GNOME by default and I wanted KDE. I searched online how to switch it to KDE but I can't seem to make sense out of the instructions.
Code:
apt-get install kde-standard
 
Old 04-25-2011, 09:38 AM   #5
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Installing kde worked fine, at startup I'm presented with a choice which GUI to load. Thanks a lot.

I'm still having problems with VirtualBox though. The package in Software Center says that it's not compatible, I downloaded the package from virtualbox.org but when I try to install it I get the same message - platform is not supported. Any ideas?
 
Old 04-25-2011, 09:42 AM   #6
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There are detailed instructions on the virtualbox website:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

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Debian-based Linux distributions

Note: VirtualBox has been moved from non-free to contrib with 4.0, so please adjust your repository settings.

Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic contrib non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy contrib non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze contrib non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny contrib non-free

(Up to version 3.2 the packages were located in the non-free section, starting with version 4.0 are located in the contrib section)

The Oracle public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can add this key with

sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox.asc

or combine downloading and registering:

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...racle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

The key fingerprint is

7B0F AB3A 13B9 0743 5925 D9C9 5442 2A4B 98AB 5139
Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <info@virtualbox.org>

(As of VirtualBox 3.2, the signing key was changed. The old Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here.)

To install VirtualBox, do

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0

Replace virtualbox-4.0 by

virtualbox-3.2 to install VirtualBox 3.2.12
virtualbox-3.1 to install VirtualBox 3.1.8
virtualbox-3.0 to install VirtualBox 3.0.14
virtualbox-2.2 to install VirtualBox 2.2.4
virtualbox-2.1 to install VirtualBox 2.1.4
virtualbox-2.0 to install VirtualBox 2.0.12
virtualbox to install VirtualBox 1.6.6

Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms package to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade. For Debian it is available in Lenny backports and in the normal repository for Squeeze and later. The dkms package can be installed through the Synaptic Package manager or through the following command:

sudo apt-get install dkms

Last edited by snowday; 04-25-2011 at 10:01 AM.
 
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Old 04-25-2011, 07:00 PM   #7
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There are detailed instructions on the virtualbox website
It appears that the default install lays down 64 bit kernel with 32 bit userland. And mix platforms are not supported by VirtualBox. Any idea how to fix this??
 
Old 04-25-2011, 07:24 PM   #8
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Just install a 32 bit kernel. You said that you only have a 32 bit machine. It wouldn't boot with a 64 bit kernel at all, so you may also change to 64 bit Debian.
 
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It turned out in a different thread that the OP has installed the kfreebsd-version of Debian. I think that is also causing the problems in this thread.
 
  


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