Richard Owlett wrote: > I like the MATE Desktop. If the package mate-desktop-environment is in > stalled *WITHOUT* "recommended" packages I get my desired skeletal Debian > system. > > I believe changing one screen of the standard would give me what I want and > likely satisfy the maintainers mentioned above. In the screen titled > "Software selection", change the first line from "Debian desktop > environment" to "Install the desktop selected below with all recommended > utilities". If that option and the Gnome option are selected by default the > effect would be the same as the current installer. If I deselect the first > line and select MATE, I get my desired system. > > Does such an installer already exist?
The preseeder should work for this. Read: https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.automated-installation.html at 12.3.2 and onwards. -dsr-
