[CD] installation of the Debian.

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cheikhbouchihda
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[CD] installation of the Debian.

Post by cheikhbouchihda »

Hello to every body,
I have a CD of installation of the Debian GNU/Linux 3.1rc3 (Sarge) i386 (CD 1/1) {inscriptions on the CD, that I have found in a Debian's book}, but , this CD allow me to install Debian, only in commande line, without graphical interface.
My question is : what must I do to have the complete installation of Debian, I mean, commande line + graphical interface.
Thank you very much for the clear and detailled answer. :)
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Post by timvw »

Odd.. I recently downloaded GNU/Debian 3.1 r1 - i386 and i thought it was the most recent stable release...
If i'm not mistaken you can select "desktop installation" somewhere in the installation proces..

This is how i always do it: First do a minimal install (usually with the netinstall iso)
And then apt-get install x-window-system
Most people then install kde: apt-get install kde or gnome: apt-get install gnome
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Post by cheikhbouchihda »

ok, timvw, I'll try apt-get install x-window-system , and I'll say you if the installation of the graphical interface, will end with succes or not.
cio.
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Post by cheikhbouchihda »

hello,
In fact, when I do apt-get install x-window-system , the message is : the package x-window-system , does not exist, ......and when I try to install the packages via the net(http or ftp), during the installation of the Debian, by choosing a mirror, I get a message: the accessibility to the mirror(http://......., or ftp://.......) is not possible.
What must I do in this case?
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Post by timvw »

timvw@madoka:/etc$ cat /etc/debian_version
3.1
timvw@madoka:~$ apt-cache search x-window-system
x-window-system - X Window System
x-window-system-core - X Window System core components
x-window-system-dev - X Window System development components
xfree86-common - X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
I suggest you add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb ftp://ftp.easynet.be/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib
deb ftp://ftp.easynet.be/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free
And then you run apt-get update (to update the list with available packages)
And then you run apt-get upgrade (i usually use apt-get -u dist-upgrade because i use unstable instead of stable)
And then it's time to install x-window-system :)
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