On Sat, October 3, 2015 4:45 pm, John Hasler wrote: > rlharris writes: >> So, at the present time, it appears that the need for >> "googleearth-package" has passed -- at least with respect to Jessie >> (and in my case, with the combination of Xfce on an i386 system). >> Direct installation with gdebi is simpler and faster. > > What about those whose computers are Gnome free?
All I know is that when I installed Jessie, I specified only the Xcfe desktop, and I did not specify Gnome. (Months ago I tried to install both Gnome and Xfce on a system, and something went awry.) The installer may have installed some Gnome packages, but that does not bother me, so long as I have the Xfce desktop. And thinking of it now, I did subsequently install gnome-disk-utility, which I use almost daily. If a Gnome package -- such as gdebi or gnome-disk-utility runs properly apart from the Gnome desktop, should I be concerned? Russ
