On 2016-12-06, Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:12:45 +0100 > Yvan Masson <yvan.mas...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > > ... > >> I am almost sure that installing a XFCE desktop also installs >> NetworkManager to handle connections. > > I use (much / most of) Xfce without NM. I just looked at what would > happen if I selected the xfce4 metapackage for installation, and NM > still will not get installed, and doesn't even show up in aptitude as > recommended or suggested. > > Celejar > >
The task package task-xfce-desktop recommends network-manager-gnome. So the latter would have been installed if the OP selected Xfce at the 'Software selection' stage of the installation of Debian. -- Liam
