Or the OP is working with a Raspberry Pi or some such and downloaded a "lite" version that is sans DE. The possibilities abound.
Another useful resource for the OP may be: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ provided Debian is the system actually installed. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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