Solved - quick debian question

**durty_nacho** · 09-24-2005

First time Debian installer - whats the first step in getting x windows to work in Debain, I don't see any xorg.conf files or anything and xorgconfig doesn't seem to be included. I am running Sarge.

**junkman4547** · 09-24-2005

During installation it will ask you if you want a Desktop Environment, if you answer yes I believe X windows will be automatically included.

To select the Desktop Environment, you must highlight the option and press <space> to select it then press <enter>.

**genesus** · 09-24-2005

plus in debian there is no xorg.conf, you will have to look for /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

**durty_nacho** · 09-24-2005

the installation did not ask me if i wanted a desktop environment, and there is no x11 dir in etc, i already looked for that. I think i have a minimul cd and don't realize it

**junkman4547** · 09-24-2005

Try

#apt-get install kde

I think it will fetch the files via the internet then you can have desktop environment.

**Demetrius** · 09-24-2005

All you should need to do is use apt to pull down whichever desktop or window manager you want to use, and it will grab and install X as a dependency.

For example, if you want to use Gnome then you'd use:
apt-get update && apt-get install gnome-core

**durty_nacho** · 09-24-2005

Yeah I needed to get kde since I had a minimal cd and didn't know it. I will use the apt-get tool. Thank you all.

**vamshi_krishna** · 09-25-2005

even you can try

Code:

apt-get install x-window-system

**burnit** · 09-27-2005

I prefer

Code:

apt-get install x-window-system-core

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