Just Installed netinst version, did it install desktop enviornment ( KDE or Gnome)?

[kazsemisonic]

Hi everybody,
I downloaded the netinst version of debian yesterday and installed it on another computer. Everything went fine; it downloaded packages off the internet and everything. After setting up base-config it went to a prompt. Now, I don't know how to start the desktop enviornment from the prompt. I've tried 'startx' and 'startkde', both came back with 'unknown command'. Any help?

NOTE: When going through base-config I installed 'desktop enviornment', but whenever I go back in to base-config only 'mail client' is starred(*). How do I know if I even have KDE or Gnome?

Thanks for the help.

-kaz

[techieMoe]

As far as I know (and I'm not familiar with the netinstall, just the regular DVDROM install) Debian doesn't install desktops by default, ever. There's a good chance if your startx doesn't work that it didn't get installed. You can try and install something like KDE with apt-get and if it tells you it's already installed, there's something else wrong.

[bidi]

Did you correctly specify that you wanted Desktop Environment? When I first started with Debian, I had to do 3 installs before I realized that to select what you want you will need to push the space bar, which will in turn "star" that particular option. I've always thought that was something they should clear up on the instructions.

[kazsemisonic]

Bidi, thanks for that. You were right, i didn't know you had to hit space-bar to select it, they really need to put that in the instructions. Thanks for the help.