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I got so close and at the very end of the installation all I had to reboot (I was doing it CLI and as root.) and it wouldn't let me! LOL But I haven't given up on it either.
I got so close and at the very end of the installation all I had to reboot (I was doing it CLI and as root.) and it wouldn't let me! LOL But I haven't given up on it either.
Persistence is the key-
If you have to use the GUI that came with the installer and install that way:-
If you have to use the GUI that came with the installer and install that way:-
Thanks Ztcoracat. I would love to install with GUI. I thought that since the target laptop had no OS I had to install with the command line. So how do I find the GUI and install that way? (It's for antiX15.)
Thanks Ztcoracat. I would love to install with GUI. I thought that since the target laptop had no OS I had to install with the command line. So how do I find the GUI and install that way? (It's for antiX15.)
Other wise you will have to download a DE like Gnome, KDE, XFCE or Mate and install it manually.
Oh boy. I'm getting punchy here. Thanks Ztcoracat, but you know what, I got threads mixed up. When you asked if I'd installed the MX I thought I was in this one:
Oh boy. I'm getting punchy here. Thanks Ztcoracat, but you know what, I got threads mixed up. When you asked if I'd installed the MX I thought I was in this one:
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But I may need that file (with the GUI installer) on another machine anyway, so all is not lost. 
