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What is GNOME?

The GNOME desktop is an attractive and useful desktop environment created by the GNU project. GNOME is both free (under the ["GPL"]) and is one of the most widely used desktop environments on the GNU/Linux operating system. The current release of GNOME is 2.12; however 2.8 is available under Debian ["stable"]/["sarge"], while 2.10 is available under testing/["etch"].

Installing Gnome

If you have not ["X"] installed on your box, to get a bare minimum base install of X, do using ["aptitude"] or ["apt-get"]:

 # aptitude install x-window-system-core

The current ["metapackage"] for installing a good set of Gnome tools in [http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable sid], [http://www.debian.org/releases/testing etch] and [http://www.debian.org/releases/stable sarge] ["Debian"] is gnome.

Standard

So, from the ["command line"], run

 # aptitude install gnome

This will install additional software (gnome-office, evolution) that you may or may not want.

== Custom ===

For a smaller set of ["app"]s, you can also do

 # aptitude install gnome-desktop-environment

A set of additional productivity apps will be installed by

 # aptitude install gnome-fifth-toe

Developers

If you need development packages, e.g. for compiling gnome dependent packages from source, you should try

 # aptitude install gnome-core-devel

For a full set of developer tools, please do

 # aptitude install gnome-devel

Tasksel

You can use ["tasksel"] to install Gnome or other DesktopEnvironment.

Configuration

Most configuration of the GNOME desktop is done via its various ["GUI"] utilities. The location of these varies depending on version, but common utilities include networking, themes, sounds and much more. It is also possible to configure (read/write) settings using the command line with ["gconftool"](-2).

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+== Tasksel ==
You can use ["tasksel"] to install Gnome or other DesktopEnvironment.