[CC'ing OP as may not be subscribed] On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 11:06:50PM -0500, Ryan Collins wrote: > Someone for the love of GOD, help me. > I've installedDebian 6.0(squeeze) on my dell inspiron 6000. All I have to > show for it is a shell. I've looked all over and read countless entries on > ways to load a gnome desktop, but nothing I try works for me like it has > others. Im brand spanking new to Linux, but im beginning to at least > understand how things need to be typed in order to make the magic happen, > but it hasn't happened for me yet. I think I may have installed a server > version, but there is a way around that right? What can I do to get a > desktop environment installed through my command line?
As root: apt-get install gnome -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110308092300.GM20338@fischer
