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DebianDesktopHowTo

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This page lists the things you will currently need to do in order to install a basic debian-desktop. For more details see the subpages of ["DebianDesktop"].

Get yourself a current sarge install CD and boot it providing "linux26" at the bootprompt and install and configure the base-system from it. When prompted by "tasksel" choose following task: 

  * desktop-environment

(adduser #240855) Add additional user accounts you may need (with "adduser <NAME>") and don't forget to put yourself and others in appropriate groups by iterating: "adduser <NAME> <GROUP>". You probably want to add users to the following groups: audio, floppy and maybe dip (connect to internet) or dialout (see /usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups). To create a new groups do "addgroup <GROUPNAME>". If it is your home PC maybe create a group "family", add the appropriate users to it. Then make a group directory for them "mkdir /home/family" give it to the group "chown :family /home/family" and change its permissions "chmod 2774 /home/family" to make it a shared set-group-id directory so that groupmembers can work with each other's files in there. If the graphical login doesn't come up correctly you'll probably need to run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and manually choose the correct graphic card, or go with the VESA fallback driver. (default package selection) Alternatively: To get X set up automatically install xdebconfigurator, run it and then dexconf to generate a valid ["XF86config"]. (localisation) You will need to run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" anyway if you want your local keyboard to work properly. (i.e. german keyboard settings: pc105, de, nodeadkeys) (default package selection) Install and configure the CUPS printing system packages as described on ["DebianCUPS"]. Start /usr/lib/openoffice/spadmin as root "add printer" and import your printers setup from /etc/foomatic/cups. (default package selection) "apt-get install libgnome2-perl" if you want the Gnome debconf frontend to actually work when you install packages. You may need to configure debconf to use "Gnome" frontend with "dpkg-reconfigure debconf". (default package selection) Then start up synaptic and find, select and install the following packages:

  • udev * hotplug fstab updater script [1] * xfonts-base-transcoded and xfonts-*dpi-transcoded (if you need localized fonts) * zip * unzip * x-ttcidfont-conf (needed for the next) * msttcorefonts (to display some webpages and documents correctly) * mc (midnight commander console filemanager) * gtk-led-askpass (lets ssh use a graphical password prompt window when run under X) -----


Now some configuring:

Set "umask 002" in /etc/profile AND /etc/login.defs to actually make use of the private user groups in debian. (KDE will need an additionall "umask 002" in startkde, check http://bugs.debian.org/250645) The central settings for KDE in /etc/kde3 could also need some tweaking:

  • set CUPS as default printing system
   (Put the following into /etc/kde3/kdeprintrc)   ["General"]   PrintSystem=cups
  • If you like make $HOME to your Desktop for consistency.
    (Put the following into /etc/kde3/kdeglobals)    ["Paths"]    Desktop=$HOME    Trash=$HOME/Trash/
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