-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Tuesday 07 June 2022, gene heskett was heard to say: I'm sorry, dependency hell is no fun. No fun at all. The way I've done it is to install a base Debian with XFCE, everything just defaults. I've also done a base install without any desktop at all, no XFCE, Gnome, KDE, etc. No X environment. TDE correctly depends upon "desktop-base" and the X applications and graphical support are all imported correctly with "tde-trinity". Edit /etc/apt/sources.list with the TDE repository, download and add the signing keys by hand (even though it's deprecated apt-key install tde.asc still works fine). Since I use dselect for package management, I do a quick search for "tde-trinity" and press +. I'm sure "apt-get install tde-trinity" would work just as well. That's it. As an aside, I've also annually archived my .trinity directory in its entirety and by restoring that before the install I have kept all the addresses, defaults, colors, and style which I've created over the years and prefer. But that's all just window dressing. Curt- - -- You may my glories and my state dispose, But not my griefs; still am I king of those. --- William Shakespeare, "Richard II" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTaYVhJsIalt8scIDa2T1fo1pHhqQUCYp+lRwAKCRC2T1fo1pHh qSpaAP9vVTYL9GzNHcy5QhtJfZ1ydPxibF/+cDWzgNGFK/N3bAD/UU9BvQtQufqA 39Pl6MWVSJxu37BbnktAXmJIKY2EUEI= =ln/Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Tuesday 07 June 2022, gene heskett was heard to say: In case the instructions on TDE website aren't perfectly clear, this is what I've added to /etc/apt/sources.list: # Trinity Desktop deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-r14.0.x bullseye main deb http://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/deb/trinity-builddeps-r14.0.x bullseye main https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Debian_Trinity_Repository_Installation_Inst… - -- You may my glories and my state dispose, But not my griefs; still am I king of those. --- William Shakespeare, "Richard II" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEAREIAB0WIQTaYVhJsIalt8scIDa2T1fo1pHhqQUCYp+mVwAKCRC2T1fo1pHh qcl+AQDfyBLi8QlRQX3Ss+jtV82tAobnTHWfQpZVm4aOJfNU6AD9FBFx3KqMMWoI /VxhS5umFpkGrFWEAYs0SnQv9Yle2Fk= =Q1nK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

gene heskett composed on 2022-06-07 14:40 (UTC-0400): Curt covered sources.list & URIs, so I don't need to repeat them. This is how I start on UEFI PCs, whether for Debian, or any of its many derivatives: menuentry "Install Debian via HTTP" { search --no-floppy --label --set=root partlabel3 linuxefi /deb11/linux vga=791 --- net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 biosdevname=0 netcfg/get_hostname=myhost netcfg/get_domain=my.domain netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true netcfg/get_ipaddress=192.168.nnn.xxy/24 netcfg/get_gateway=192.168.nnn.xxx netcfg/get_nameservers=1.1.1.1 netcfg/confirm_static=true tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false initrdefi /deb11/initrd.gz } It's trivially different on MBR/Legacy PCs. What's important is not that I'm NET installing by loading initrd and kernel with Grub, but the netcfg/confirm_static=true tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false parameters, which produce a basic installation that boots post-installation with working network, and from which TDE is easily installed using the apt/apt-get/aptitude technology of your choice. Those parameters can be added to Debian installations via burned .isos of all types by typing them in after striking the E key when the first post-BIOS menu appears. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata