Is there an easy way to add the Xfce desktop so that I can choose between Gnome the other? Just getting the new version of Gnome was a pain to install because of a goofy video chipset that Toshiba used five years ago on my old laptop.
Tried [sudo apt-get xfce] and got a prompt "no," from the terminal installer... Ha.
There's no reason I *have* to get Xfce installed, save it's something different to play with.
Thanks for any info or suggestions, in advance.
[SOLVED] adding XFCE
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MerelyJim
[SOLVED] adding XFCE
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Aging Technogeek
Re: adding XFCE
The package you want is "xfce4". This is the meta package for the XFCE desktop. It will pull in all packages required to install the XFCE desktop on your gnome OS.
Re: adding XFCE
And after that, I usually go back and search (I use Synaptic) for "xfce" to see what other Xfce-related stuff I might want that wasn't brought in with the meta-package.
Re: adding XFCE
If you want to do it from the command line:MerelyJim wrote:Tried [sudo apt-get xfce] and got a prompt "no," from the terminal installer... Ha.
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sudo apt-get install xfce4This reminds me, if someone gives you a command to run, check it out and make sure you know what it does before you run it. You could always look it up the command's manpage, or ask someone here, if you aren't sure about it. People make mistakes, typos and so forth, even when they mean well. I try to always check a command out first. (And I hope anyone who I provide with a command will do the same!)