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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/stable 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 apps, 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 [wiki:GUI 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).
See also :
- ["xinitrc"]
[http://www.gnome.org] The GNOME Website
[http://gpe.handhelds.org/] The mini version: GNOME Palmtop Environmnet (GPE).
[http://www.gnome.org/start/getstable.html] : apt-get install gnome
[http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/latest/] : GNOME User Guide.
[http://www.gnomefiles.com] Categorized list of gnome programs.
About GNOME for Debian:
[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackage?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=Gnome Pages about GNOME in DebianWiki].
[http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/] Debian / Gnome Mailing list
[http://survivor.sarovar.org/] Debian GNOME Survival Guide.
IRC channel #gnome-debian on [http://www.xach.com/gimpnet/ GimpNET] ;
Contributors: MattKirchhoff, Colin Watson, Ray Dassen, Pedro Macanás Valverde <addyournamehere.>