Debian netinstall, Fluxbox?

[georanson]

i just installed debian using the net install cd and i want to install fluxbox but i dont realy know how to do it so plz some one explain it to me from start to finish.. thx in adv

[daark.child]

To install Fluxbox, you would do,

#aptitude install x-window-system fluxbox

[georanson]

ok i typed in

#aptitude install x-window-system fluxbox

and got

couldn't find any packages whose name or discription matched "x-windows-system"
couldn't find any packages whose name or discription matched "fluxbox"

so how do i download that stuff

[daark.child]

Ok, try the following

#aptitude update
#aptitude install x-window-system fluxbox

[georanson]

it still says the same thing as before

[daark.child]

Are you connected to the net and during the installation did you were your internet software sources configured correctly?

[georanson]

yes i was connected properly

[daark.child]

Try running "apt-setup" and selecting some http/ftp mirrors then run the commands above. Can't think of anything else that could be wrong.

[georanson]

ok now it says command not found
so im just going to reinstall debian with a the standard gui but will i be able to install fluxbox after

[daark.child]

Seems like apt-setup is not in Etch by default. I have not used Debian for a while so I am not sure if there is an alternative to it in Etch. You will be able to install Fluxbox by doing "aptitude install fluxbox" if your software sources are configured correctly.