On Du, 28 iun 20, 08:21:29, Richard Owlett wrote: > The default install of the MATE desktop installs too much I don't want. > Unfortunately the Debian installer does not allow coerces the installation > of "recommended" packages. > > Therefore I did an install without *ANY* desktop environment. > [Used DVD1 of Debian 8.6, latest for which I had a physical DVD] > > I then did > apt-get --no-install-recommends install mate-desktop-environment gparted > > On reboot the desktop did not appear. I'm guessing you meant the graphical login interface, in general we refer to "the desktop" as the stuff that shows up after you login.
> What is the forgotten command to automatically launch the desktop at boot?
According to dependencies of task-mate-desktop you need (at least):
apt install lightdm
Kind regards,
Andrei
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