LMDE to XFCE

[danipoak]

I hate to start a new topic on this but I just cannot find the answer I need. I installed LMDE which comes with GNOME. I hate GNOME and am trying to install XFCE now. Every thing I search for seems to come to the conclusion that I should do the following:

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sudo apt-get install xfce4

However this is what I get:

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steve@chwdp-nix:~$ sudo apt-get install xfce4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xfce4


Yes, I have updated the apt-get repository. I also under stand that installing XFCE4 using apt-get install XFCE4 I will still be using all of the GNOME applications. I want to make sure I install all of the XFCE native applications as well. Thanks.

[danipoak]

I just realized I posted this in the main edition forum. Can a moderator move this to the LMDE section?

[zerozero]

ok moved here.
this is odd
let's start with

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inxi -r

[danipoak]

Here:

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steve@chwdp-nix:~$ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import romeo backport


[zerozero]

ahh, ok that explains it
you have entries missing in there (and the fundamental ones btw)
your sources.list have to look like this

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

so please add the 3 last entries to /etc/apt/sources.list; update, dist-upgrade and then try again to install xfce4 and xfce4-goodies

[vrkalak]

Easiest to just, go into the Synaptic Package Manager in install the Xfce Meta-Package . . . that will give you everything Xfce4 that you'll need.

[danipoak]

Thank you all! I am posting this from Xfce now. I wonder how my apt-sources list got so messed up. Oh well.

[zerozero]

the good part is that it's sorted now