Install KDE Desktop in Debian Etch
Posted by Admin on February 9th, 2007
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If you install debian etch by default it will install gnome desktop.If you want to install KDE desktop environment you need to follow the following procedure
Install the KDE login manager and core KDE Components
#apt-get install kdm kde-core
at the time of installation it will promt you for which login manager you want to use as default one kdm or gdm select one of your choice and press enter this will complete the installation.
Now you need to logout from the existing desktop session to login KDE session.
Once you logout you should see similar to the following screen to login here you need to click on session
once it opens the session menu you need to select KDE and click on change session
Now you need to enter username and password to login and click on ok you should see the following screen here you need to select you want make this is your default session or only for this session
Now you should see the following screen to start configuring your KDE desktop first screen you need to select your country and language and click on next
Next one is system behaviour and click on next
Select Eyecandy-o-meter and click on next
Select your KDE desktop theme and click on next
The following screen shows you finish the setup by clicking on finish
KDE 3.5 is loading
Once it loaded fully you should see similar to the following screen as your KDE Desktop
February 9th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Uhm… wouldn’t it be alot easier just to install the Debian KDE ISO here…
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-kde-CD-1.iso
It’s second from the bottom here…
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/
February 11th, 2007 at 3:36 am
Why not install KDE when you install Debian Etch?
boot: install tasks=”kde-desktop, standard”
This way, you’re only installing KDE and not Gnome.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:31 am
thank’s Darkman ………….
August 30th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Darkman: That install command rocks! Many thanks.
May 4th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Thank you. It’s funny how simple information, like which two .debs get you the base KDE system, can be much harder to find than more complicated information like, say, exactly how to reconfigure the kernel for some 1980s mainframe peripheral.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Hi. Did a base install using the net-iso image in vmware server. Then tried your instruction but no X installed… so I had to
apt-get install xorgThat was probably overkill but it got X up and running.TJ