Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-11 Thread Richard Hector
On 9/03/22 04:06, David Wright wrote: On Tue 08 Mar 2022 at 07:00:08 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 01:54:11PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: [...] > Just to solve the infinite recursion problem: > > richard@zircon:~$ apt-file search bin/apt-file > apt-file:

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-08 Thread tomas
On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 09:06:45AM -0600, David Wright wrote: [...] > Sorry to disappoint, but I think we're dealing with > repetition here, rather than recursion: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/10/msg00589.html Fans of classical functional languages repeat through recursion,

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-08 Thread David Wright
On Tue 08 Mar 2022 at 07:00:08 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 01:54:11PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > > [...] > > > Just to solve the infinite recursion problem: > > > > richard@zircon:~$ apt-file search bin/apt-file > > apt-file: /usr/bin/apt-file > > > > so

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-07 Thread tomas
On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 01:54:11PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: [...] > Just to solve the infinite recursion problem: > > richard@zircon:~$ apt-file search bin/apt-file > apt-file: /usr/bin/apt-file > > so install the apt-file package :-) Oh, a recursive fishing rod :-) -- t signature.asc

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-07 Thread Richard Hector
On 6/03/22 22:20, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 09:34:36AM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: >> apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment > When I attempted to run startx I received the message >>

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 03:47:25AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/06/2022 03:20 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > (Thanks, Christian, for the fish. Now I'll try to sell the rod ;-) > > I guess the reel and line are up to me ;} This is due to the irremediable kit & tinkerer mentality

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 03:20 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 09:34:36AM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment When I attempted to run startx I received the message

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 03:00 AM, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:49 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: Thanks. I'll try that. At the moment I'm having some hardware problems connecting the test machine to the internet. I use a Alcatel Linkzone 4GLTE Hotspot from T-Mobile. Intermittently Debian

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 09:34:36AM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > > On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >> apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment > > When I attempted to run startx I received the message > >> startx: command not found > > Hi

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Christian Britz
On 2022-03-06 09:49 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: > Thanks. I'll try that. At the moment I'm having some hardware problems > connecting the test machine to the internet. I use a Alcatel Linkzone > 4GLTE Hotspot from T-Mobile. Intermittently Debian doesn't recognize it. > Yesterday it was

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/06/2022 02:34 AM, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment When I attempted to run startx I received the message startx: command not found Hi Richard, I can't tell you anything about

Re: Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Christian Britz
On 2022-03-06 09:30 UTC+0100, Richard Owlett wrote: >> apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment > When I attempted to run startx I received the message >> startx: command not found Hi Richard, I can't tell you anything about the dependencies but you could try to

Launch a minimal MATE DE

2022-03-06 Thread Richard Owlett
I used debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso to install CLI of Debian. I then did: apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment When I attempted to run startx I received the message startx: command not found IIRC this has worked in the past. But it has been a couple of years.