Re: Potato install -- gnome

[Colin Walters <levanti@verbum.org>]

>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com> writes:

    Kenneth> What packages do I need to install to get a basic gnome
    Kenneth> setup?  

apt-get install task-gnome-desktop

...should start you off nicely.

    Kenneth> Right now I have the fvwm-95 wm, I know I want to get
    Kenneth> enlightenment

apt-get install enlightenment

    Kenneth> and most of the utility stuff.  

apt-get install task-gnome-apps

...which will perhaps give you more than you want.  Try apt-get
install gnome-utils for a more minimal set.

    Kenneth> I guess I'd like to at least have a desktop setup that
    Kenneth> provides something like what you get by default with
    Kenneth> redhat out of the box.  Is there a basic pre-configured
    Kenneth> setup for debian like that?

That's what the task metapackages are for.

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