What is GNOME?

The [http://www.gnome.org GNOME Desktop] is an attractive and useful desktop environment. GNOME is both free and one of the most widely used desktop environments on the GNU/Linux operating system. Debian 4.0 Etch includes GNOME 2.14.3.

Installing GNOME

If you do not have ["X"] installed, you can get a bare minimum base install of X, using ["Aptitude"] or ["apt-get"]:

 # aptitude install x-window-system-core

The current method for installing a good set of GNOME tools in ["Debian"] [http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable sid] and [http://www.debian.org/releases/testing etch] is using gnome.

Standard

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

 # aptitude install gnome

This will install additional software (rhythmbox, abiword, inkscape...) that you may or may not want.

Other metapackages

A smaller set of ["app"]s, comprising the official GNOME desktop release: gnome-desktop-environment.
For a bare minimum installation of GNOME: gnome-core.
A set of additional productivity applications: gnome-fifth-toe.
The development packages to compile GNOME dependent packages from source: gnome-core-devel.
A full development suite for developing GNOME-based applications: gnome-devel.

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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-For a smaller set of ["app"]s, you can also do
{{{
 # aptitude install gnome-desktop-environment
}}}

For a bare minimum installation of GNOME, you can:
{{{
 # aptitude install gnome-core
}}}

A set of additional productivity applications can be installed with
{{{
 # 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
{{{
 # aptitude install gnome-devel
}}}
+ * A smaller set of ["app"]s, comprising the official GNOME desktop release: {{{gnome-desktop-environment}}}.
 * For a bare minimum installation of GNOME: {{{gnome-core}}}.
 * A set of additional productivity applications: {{{gnome-fifth-toe}}}.
 * The development packages to compile GNOME dependent packages from source: {{{gnome-core-devel}}}.
 * A full development suite for developing GNOME-based applications: {{{gnome-devel}}}.

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What is GNOME?

Installing GNOME

Standard

Other metapackages

Configuration