Installing additional DEs
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So how can I install Unity 2D, xfce, LXDE, KDE, etc. I have only used GNOME and Unity (I have used others but briefly), and I want to try a little of everything when it comes to the desktop.
I also want to show my friend who just picked up on GNU/Linux some more options
There are several ways to install packages. You can, for instance execute the Synaptic package manager from the System/Administration menu. Searching for the name of the different desktops will allow you to select them. This will bring many (automatically resolved) dependencies. You can then click the "Apply" button. Once the required packages downloaded (what may take quite some time), the package manager will install them. Then it should only be about selecting the desktop of your choice from the login screen to enjoy it.
Thanks, I know how to install with Synaptic, but I don't know the names of the packages that will install the full desktops. Searching for KDE or xfce for example gives results for a bunch of KDE and xfce programs.
I am a member!
kde-desktop or xfce-desktop, perhaps?
-Dave
On 03/16/2012 08:54 PM, name at domain wrote:
> Thanks, I know how to install with Synaptic, but I don't know the names
> of the packages that will install the full desktops. Searching for KDE
> or xfce for example gives results for a bunch of KDE and xfce programs.
Thanks, I know how to install with Synaptic, but I don't know the names of
the packages that will install the full desktops. Searching for KDE or xfce
for example gives results for a bunch of KDE and xfce programs.
There are metapackages in the repositories witch will install other packages
as dependencies.
"kde-full" will install full kde applications set
"kde-plasma-desktop" will install only basic
"xfce4" will install full xfce DE
etc.
I don't think there's a standard when it comes to installing the different
desktop environments. In general, you should quickly check what packages
start with the name of the desktop environment you want, and from there
you'll determine which are the meta packages you need to install.
You should read the descriptions of the different packages which names sound
like they are meta. Also, you should check what packages come with the
different meta packages.
For example, the package "xfce4" installs only the core components of the
Xfce desktop, and "xfce4-goodies" installs other components of the desktop,
which are good to have, but aren't essential. On the other hand, the package
"lxde-core" installs the core components of LXDE, while the package "lxde"
install addition components, along with "lxde-core".
Typical core components of a desktop environment usually are:
Session manager
Window manager
File manager
Desktop panel
Typical additional components usually are:
Plain-text editor
Terminal emulator
Archive manager
Image viewer
In my experience, installing several desktop environments may create a mess,
because then you find yourself with several programs for each job. Several
plain-text editor, several terminal emulators, several archive managers, and
so on.
duplicate
*duplicate*
There are metapackages in the repositories which will install other packages as dependencies.
"kde-full" will install full kde applications set
"kde-plasma-desktop" will install only basic
"xfce4" will install base xfce applications
"xfce4-goodies" will install additional applications
etc.
I don't think there's a standard when it comes to installing the different desktop environments. In general, you should quickly check what packages start with the name of the desktop environment you want, and from there you'll determine which are the meta packages you need to install.
You should read the descriptions of the different packages which names sound like they are meta. Also, you should check what packages come with the different meta packages.
For example, the package "xfce4" installs only the core components of the Xfce desktop, and "xfce4-goodies" installs other components of the desktop, which are good to have, but aren't essential. On the other hand, the package "lxde-core" installs the core components of LXDE, while the package "lxde" install addition components, along with "lxde-core".
Typical core components of a desktop environment usually are:
- Session manager
- Window manager
- File manager
- Desktop panel
Typical additional components usually are:
- Plain-text editor
- Terminal emulator
- Archive manager
- Image viewer
In my experience, installing several desktop environments may create a mess, because you may find yourself with several programs for each job. Several plain-text editor, several terminal emulators, several archive managers, and so on.
and how do you install f.e. xfce4 and xfce4-goodies within the netinstall?
After the installation you login and use a package manager to install packages. For example, you can use aptitude, which is one of the package managers, like this:
sudo aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
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