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The distro is packed with [http://www.kde.org/ KDE] utilities but does not have [http://www.openoffice.org Open Office] or [http://www.koffice.org/ KOffice] and no [http://www.cups.org/ CUPS]. It comes with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_IceWeasel Iceweasel] which is a fork of [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Firefox]. | |||
During package installation, the CD option was selected so there were no internet package repositories in the /etc/apt/sources.lst file. Use '''Alt+F2''' to open the ''Run Command'' dialog box and type '''konsole''' and hit enter. From now on the remaining installation will be done in this terminal window. | |||
The '''sudo''' and '''vim''' packages are added using | |||
'''apt-get install sudo vim''' | |||
The packages are installed from the CD itself. To use the ''sudo'' command, first do an '''su -''' in the terminal and enter the root password. Then edit the /etc/sudoers file using '''vi /etc/sudoers'''. | |||
Revision as of 22:51, 4 November 2007
Installing Debian Etch Using The Etch-KDE Single CD
Summary
Debian is one of the popular and free ( Libre ) distributions of GNU/Linux. Etch is the latest stable release and comes in multiple CD or DVD installations. However there is a single CD Etch-KDE distribution debian-40r1-i386-kde-CD-1.iso available that can be downloaded from the Debian mirrors. For the purpose of this installation, it was downloaded in Mumbai, India from a Taiwanese mirror using the following command.
wget -c url
The -c option allows you to continue broken downloads. The hardware used for installation was Pentium4 2.4 GHz., Intel original 845 GEBV2 motherboard, 256 MB DDR2 RAM, 80 GB IDE HDD.
Installation
After the cd iso is downloaded, burn it into a CD and boot your system with it. At the boot prompt, simply hit the enter key to select the default installation method.
Every stage in the installation process is accompanied by text details to help you make the right entries wherever required. When you come to the package installation part, it will ask you if you want to install packages from the CD or mirrors. If you have internet problems or have low download limits, choose the CD install. It will still look for security mirrors and download about 50 to 60 MB of security updates.
Post Install Setup
The distro is packed with KDE utilities but does not have Open Office or KOffice and no CUPS. It comes with Iceweasel which is a fork of Firefox.
During package installation, the CD option was selected so there were no internet package repositories in the /etc/apt/sources.lst file. Use Alt+F2 to open the Run Command dialog box and type konsole and hit enter. From now on the remaining installation will be done in this terminal window.
The sudo and vim packages are added using
apt-get install sudo vim
The packages are installed from the CD itself. To use the sudo command, first do an su - in the terminal and enter the root password. Then edit the /etc/sudoers file using vi /etc/sudoers.