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| I've got a dual boot machine (Windows XP and MDK9), each system being on its
own disk. I'm pretty much a newbie (I've only used Linux Mandrake for 3
weeks but I've grown a bit tired of MDK and KDE, Gnome, the supermount
problem etc.
I installed Fluxbox a few days ago and I just love it.
I'm considering getting rid of MDK9 and installing Debian Woody, which I'm
currently downloading. I suppose there won't be any problems to erase the
MDK / partition and copy Debian to it but I'm a bit worried about what comes
after the installation of the OS proper : ie. is it possible to choose which
apps you want to install (Ark, Gunzip, Fluxbox etc) during the installation
process or do you have to untar and install evey app from scratch?
Thanks in advance.
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| Santanu Chatterjee 2002-12-07, 1:24 pm |
| On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 19:09:36 +0100, Jay wrote:
> is it possible to choose
> which apps you want to install (Ark, Gunzip, Fluxbox etc) during the
> installation process or do you have to untar and install evey app from
> scratch? Thanks in advance.
Unlike Mandrake, installation of Debian is a two step process.
First you install the base system. Then, after rebooting into
your Debian system you do all the other configuration stuff,
and install other required packages.
Also, Debian packages do not come as tarballs, they have a .deb
extension. So, you need not worry about untarring and installing
them.
Regards,
Santanu
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| Andy Clayton 2002-12-07, 2:24 pm |
| Santanu Chatterjee wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 19:09:36 +0100, Jay wrote:
>
>> is it possible to choose
>> which apps you want to install (Ark, Gunzip, Fluxbox etc) during the
>> installation process or do you have to untar and install evey app from
>> scratch? Thanks in advance.
>
> Unlike Mandrake, installation of Debian is a two step process.
> First you install the base system. Then, after rebooting into
> your Debian system you do all the other configuration stuff,
> and install other required packages.
> Also, Debian packages do not come as tarballs, they have a .deb
> extension. So, you need not worry about untarring and installing
> them.
>
> Regards,
> Santanu
And don't expect an "out of the box" hardware install from Debian, also...
Many things you will have to set/configure manually.
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| Joe Fredrickson 2002-12-07, 4:24 pm |
| Sun, 8 Dec 2002 05:09 am will from hence forward be known as the day Jay
blabbered:
> I've got a dual boot machine (Windows XP and MDK9), each system being on
> its own disk. I'm pretty much a newbie (I've only used Linux Mandrake for 3
> weeks but I've grown a bit tired of MDK and KDE, Gnome, the supermount
> problem etc.
Well not to bag your swap. I encourage you muchly.
You can change from KDE/GNOME to another window manager, and you can edit
/etc/fstab to stop supermount even existing.
> is it possible to choose which apps you want to install (Ark, Gunzip,
> Fluxbox etc) during the installation process or do you have to untar and
> install evey app from scratch?
Basically what happens is you configure the partitions, kernel options, and
then install the base system (the core of Linux ~ 16Meg) after setting up
your bootloader to boot this base system you then reboot and some automated
configuration is done.
The last step of this is a choice between choosing a simple or advanced
package installation method. The simple offers you a short list of package
"groups" which can be selected and then you get every little package in that
group installed. For example XFree86 Full (or large) will install all of the
X packages (dont remember if this includes window managers).
The advanced method on the other hand launches you into 'dselect' (similar to
rmpdrake) but console based, and then you must browse through the 3000+ items
and select which ones you require (if you know what you want this is the way
to go, but for a first install I would recommend using the simple option and
after its all done launch 'dselect' and manually remove what you dont want on
your system).
Once the installation of all your packages has completed (note you will need
to sit at the computer and supply certain options during this time), you will
be landed at a login screen (prompt or X pending if installed xdm or such)...
Login and start using Linux.
--
remember this is the sequence of events, in no particular order
Registered Linux User 282072
<www.volutin.net -- everything irrelevant>
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