22 Jun
2012
22 Jun
'12
10:49 a.m.
The time has come for a new computer; the old one has the remains of
KDE3/4,Gnome and LXDE on it. I want to start with a fresh install of Debian
(unstable = wheezy) + Trinity on AMD64.
What is the current recommendation for
1) the Trinity repositories
2) How to install Debian without automatically getting Gnome?
cheers
anthony
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22 Jun
22 Jun
10:43 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] New Debian/Trinity system
On Friday 22 June 2012 11:49:57 ant wrote:
The time has come for a new computer; the old one has
the remains of
KDE3/4,Gnome and LXDE on it. I want to start with a fresh install of Debian
(unstable = wheezy) + Trinity on AMD64.
What is the current recommendation for
1) the Trinity repositories
2) How to install Debian without automatically getting Gnome?
cheers
anthony
I'm not sure what the best version of Trinity would be for Wheezy - I suspect
Slavek's patched version of 3.5.13, at least until 3.5.14 is released.
To avoid getting Gnome on a fresh Debian install don't chose one of
the 'default' systems types i.e. desktop, server, developer system etc. but
instead choose to select which packages you want to install manually. This
will leave you with a minimal bootable Debian system from which you can use
dselect to chose and install the specific packages you want. If you chose
any Gnome or GTK packages you'll end up with some Gnome components, as
dselect sorts out and installs the dependencies, but not the full Gnome
desktop.
LeeE
23 Jun
23 Jun
12:57 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] New Debian/Trinity system
On Friday 22 June 2012 2:49:57 am ant wrote:
The time has come for a new computer; the old one has
the remains of
KDE3/4,Gnome and LXDE on it. I want to start with a fresh install of Debian
(unstable = wheezy) + Trinity on AMD64.
What is the current recommendation for
1) the Trinity repositories
2) How to install Debian without automatically getting Gnome?
cheers
anthony
If you want to use Wheezy I think it is best to use TDE3.5.14, which is nightly
builds as of now. I have a test situation setup with Wheezy & the TDE 3.5.14
nightlies, it is working okay. I won't upgrade my workstation until both are
official releases though. Squeeze and Slávek Banko'w 3.5.13.1 is working great
for my use.
I install Debian using the auto install mode. When the task select screen comes up
I un-check the desktop meta package. This give me a base install + the standard
packages....no X or DE stuff. I then add Trinity to my sources.list, I don't run
with a backup DE installed.
I add apps which depending on which tool-kit was used to buld them , I get
additional libraries, etc .from GTK or Gnome, or ?
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Peace,
Greg
12:46 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] New Debian/Trinity system
On 23/06/12 00:57, Greg Madden wrote:
On Friday 22 June 2012 2:49:57 am ant wrote:
The Debian "business card" or netinstall iso is also a good start, small
download, no X, no bloat. Edit repos and add what you want after from CLI
smxi is a really useful utility to build a custom setup from cli
3.5.14 nightlies, as the name suggests, might be incomplete or buggy at
times (so can Debian Testing!)
3.5.13 with Slavek's updates work great here on Squeeze. Last time I did
a Wheezy/TDE install, a couple of months back, had to temporarily enable
Squeeze repos for (only a few) TDE deps. No harm was done by this.
TDE repos can be slow, I use apt-get with -d switch (download only) then
check for errors before applying.
If you want to be more selective with TDE packages "kdebase-trinity"
gets the minimum necessary to run TDE (for 3.5.13, might be renamed for
3.5.14), you can add more later.
No "recommendations" here, just personal experience.
David
The time has come for a new computer; the old one
has the remains of
KDE3/4,Gnome and LXDE on it. I want to start with a fresh install of Debian
(unstable = wheezy) + Trinity on AMD64.
What is the current recommendation for
1) the Trinity repositories
2) How to install Debian without automatically getting Gnome?
cheers
anthony
If you want to use Wheezy I think it is best to use TDE3.5.14, which is nightly
builds as of now. I have a test situation setup with Wheezy& the TDE 3.5.14
nightlies, it is working okay. I won't upgrade my workstation until both are
official releases though. Squeeze and Slávek Banko'w 3.5.13.1 is working great
for my use.
I install Debian using the auto install mode. When the task select screen comes up
I un-check the desktop meta package. This give me a base install + the standard
packages....no X or DE stuff. I then add Trinity to my sources.list, I don't run
with a backup DE installed.
I add apps which depending on which tool-kit was used to buld them , I get
additional libraries, etc .from GTK or Gnome, or ?
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