[SOLVED] just installed debian linux but want windows style gui for editting, exploring etc
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please isntall kde then try startkde as suggested by jdkaye,it will take time...
i have not used Debian.. can any one tell if Debain distro comes with GNOME OR KDE...so tat he can install GNOME at the time of Installation itself i mean in fresh DVD itself ???
Code:
aptitude install kde-full
Last edited by prayag_pjs; 09-17-2010 at 05:01 AM.
You'll need to edit your sources.list before you can install any packages.
Do you know how to use a text editor?.
I would suggest using something like nano,so as root do nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Then edit the file to look like this:
Code:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
Then you need to run aptitude update you should then be able to install packages.
Just FYI: apt-cache reads the package lists downloaded from the repo sites and sources during apt-get update. IT does NOT compare items to what is already installed. The GUI front ends sometimes have code to perform that 'extra' compare. (Synaptic, for example, does.)
To find out if the packages you have just discovered with an apt-cache search are installed, do
dpkg -L -a | grep <same string you searched the cache for>
(this from memory, check your man page on dpkg to make sure we get the options right)
This will show you what packages are or have been installed. The packages with an ii in the status field are currently installed.
By the way, all of this applies to any Debian based distribution that uses standard repo structures such as Debian itself, Ubuntu and its derivatives, or anything else that uses standard apt/dpkg utilities for package management.
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