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post Sep 13 2012, 12:50 PM

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Can anyone teach me how to change Debian 6 DE from Gnome to Xfce. As a screen real estate extremist, I find Gnome really cramped to work with.
Also, my internet is slow, so if there any downloading required, I have to do it at CC (no downloading through terminal).


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post Sep 13 2012, 08:25 PM

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I've downloaded the (xfce-4.10.tar.bz2) from the xfce website, unpack it in Debian and now i have this multiple files showing up.

exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2
exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2.md5
exo-0.8.0.tar.bz2.sha1
garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2
garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2.md5
garcon-0.2.0.tar.bz2.sha1
gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2
gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2.md5
gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.0.tar.bz2.sha1
libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2
libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
libxfce4ui-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2
libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
libxfce4util-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2
Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2.md5
Thunar-1.4.0.tar.bz2.sha1
thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2
thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2.md5
thunar-volman-0.8.0.tar.bz2.sha1
tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2
tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2.md5
tumbler-0.1.25.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-appfinder-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-dev-tools-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-dev-tools-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-dev-tools-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-panel-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-power-manager-1.2.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-session-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfce4-settings-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfconf-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfdesktop-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1
xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2
xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2.md5
xfwm4-4.10.0.tar.bz2.sha1

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post Sep 30 2012, 08:28 AM

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Sorry for the late response everyone, like I mention before, I have one SLOW AND UNRELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTION.

Regarding Lord Tiki Mick's code, this is the response :
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# tar -xzvf *.tar.bz2

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now


So, after countless failure (probably due to my lack of Super Cow Powers), I've decided to just go the easy way and try to download and install XFCE through my slow internet........also with no success as terminal greets me with this prompt:

apt-get method:
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# apt-get install xfce
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xfce


aptitude method:
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# aptitude install xfce4
No candidate version found for xfce4
No candidate version found for xfce4
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.


Also, forgot to tell that I installed Debian using the CD version (not the DVD), dunno if that helps or not.

(P.S. - Got any fun linux easter egg to share in the meanwhile)
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post Sep 30 2012, 02:20 PM

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QUOTE(Lord Tiki Mick @ Sep 30 2012, 10:15 AM)
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# tar -xzvf xfce-4.10.tar.bz2
# cd xfce-4.10
# find . -name '*.bz2' -type f -exec tar -xjvf {}
# for i in `ls`; do if [ -e $i/Makefile ]; then make -C "$i"; fi; done
Again, stuck with the third command with this response:
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# find . -name '*.bz2' -type f -exec tar -xjvf {}
find: missing argument to '-exec'

QUOTE(Lord Tiki Mick @ Sep 30 2012, 10:15 AM)
For the aptitute method, you should first search xfce package name, you do it like so
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apt-cache search xfce
Response:
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# apt-cache search xfce
shared-mime-info - FreeDesktop.org shared MIME database and spec
Then what?
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