Need suggestion on Debian Installation!

[jyoungxxxx]

I installed debian for the first time a while back and I was horribly shocked at what a mistake it was to install everything. I was configuring about 6000 appications during the setup process and it didn't boot up afterwards. I learned that you should only install what you need for debian but with debian there is so much stuff to install you don't know which to install that will be needed.

Can somebody fill me in on the standard setup configuration?

Thanks,
jyoung0000@comcast.net

[Javasnob]

When I installed, I just installed the core OS, and when I rebooted into my Debian system, I used apt-get to get X, Fluxbox, and a few other apps working. Now if I need something, I just grab it off of apt.

[St. Joe]

Can somebody fill me in on the standard setup configuration?

You only need to install X and and a desktop environment. When the installer asks you to select package catagories, don't select anything. In this way you can personalize your installation. Then at your next command prompt use apt to get whatever you desire.

For example, here's X, gnome, and gdm:

# apt-get install x-window-system gnome gdm