[TIP] Easy Xubuntu Installing
Harold Johnson
harold.johnson at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 03:35:40 UTC 2005
Alright, thank you, Steve - I'll let you all know if I have any other
problems installing Xubuntu.
Harold
On 10/23/05, Steve <radarsat1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's useful if you are behind a proxy firewall. :)
> Otherwise, don't run it. (You won't have anything to replace "your.proxy"
> anyways)
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 10/24/05, Harold Johnson <harold.johnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you, Romuald - this is helpful! I now should be able to install
> > Xubuntu. Once question: What's the 'export
> > http_proxy=http://your.proxy:8080' command for? Would it matter if I
> > didn't run that one?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Harold J. Johnson
> > http://SomethingThatHappened.com
> >
> > On 10/23/05, Romuald Szcześniak < romek at megapolis.pl> wrote:
> > > Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:35:10 -0300, *Júlio Santos Monteiro* wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here is an very easy and obivious way to install Xubuntu while there's
> > > > no installation CD:
> > > >
> > > > 1- Put the latest Ubuntu 5.10 (breezy) install-CD in the drive and
> > > > turn the engines on :-);
> > > > 2- In the Ubuntu boot screen, type: " server "
> > > > 3- Follow the steps on screen;
> > > > 4- When the system is installed and you are in the (console) login
> > > > screen, enter in your user (created in the installation) and enter as
> > > > root with the command: " sudo su ";
> > > > 5- Edit the sources.list (with the command " nano
> > > > /etc/apt/sources.list ") and put uncomment the " universe "
> > > > repository line (search for universe and uncomment that line).
> > > > 6- Save the file
> > >
> > > 6a. export http_proxy=http://your.proxy:8080
> > > 6b. and " apt-get update ";
> > >
> > > > 7- Then the happy ending: type " apt-get install xubuntu-desktop "
> > >
> > > 7a. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> > > 7b. apt-get install gdm
> > >
> > > > 8- Enjoy your brand-new Xubuntu!
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