Fw: grrrr. Debian...

[Derek A. Neighbors]

Poor Nathan.  I suppose no one was kind enough to tell you that debian 
likes Ximian about as much as a cat likes water.  It wont drown, but boy 
does it get pissed off. :)

fwiw: gnome1.4 is in testing

-Derek

Nathan England wrote:

> Okay, half my problems are solved...
>
> I got gnome working.. uhg, old...  uh.
>
> But I stumbled enough to get enlightenment up and now I'm installing 
> the new ximian.
>
> See you soon!
>
>  
>
> nathan
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> ----- Original Message -----
> * From:* Nathan England <mailto:nathan@the-arcanum.org>
>
> *To:* plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us 
> <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:35 AM
>
> *Subject:* grrrr. Debian...
>
>
> Okay, on recommendation from a friend because of good German language 
> support, I took down my beloved slack box and put debian 2.2r3 on it.
>
>  
>
> I feel like a complete newbie.
>
> apt...  what?
>
> lol
>
>  
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> Okay, I have enough to get started with.  All my networking is up.  
> The console is great.
>
> So where is gnome?
>
> startx only runs windowmaker, and I can't find gnome. I know it's 
> installed, /var/lib/gnome says so.
>
>  
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> I just ran an apt-get install gnome-* and it's going nuts now.
>
>  
>
> But I just wanted to get this out there, so if I start ranting off and 
> asking debian things, you'll be prepared.  And if you don't hear 
> *anything* back, well, then slack is back.. ha ha
>
> Get ready.
>
>  
>
> nathan
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