On Fri 17 Sep 2021 at 01:42:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 16 sep 21, 14:04:05, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 16 Sep 2021 at 10:48:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Jo, 16 sep 21, 05:06:02, Sriram wrote: > > > > Hi Team > > > > i have tried to install the minimal iso file yesterday , but Network > > > > Manager is not installing, also build-essentials not there for > > > > building the xfce tar files > > > > i tried to install the Network manager deb file but it required so > > > > many dependencies, i managed to install except one deb filecalled > > > > glib , not sure which package it contains > > > > can some one help as to what are the required dependent deb files > > > > for Network Manager as well as build-essentials > > > > > > How exactly are you trying to install them? > > > > > > With a properly configured Debian connected to the internet all you need > > > is (as root): > > > > > > apt update > > > apt install network-manager-gnome build-essentials > > > > > > > > > If you get any errors for this please copy-paste the full output as well > > > as the output of `apt policy`. > > > > build-essential, I think (no "s"). > > Yes, your're right, and apt's error message is hopefully informative > enough:
As I found out when I tried your 'apt install...' command. > $ LANG=C.UTF-8 sudo apt install build-essentials > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Unable to locate package build-essentials > > > > Why Sriram needs to build any xfce packages is beyond me. > > This looks very much like an XY problem (sigh). Sriram wants an Xfce desktop. Dead easy. He installs it using a netinst ISO or after first boot. -- Brian.
