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Old 02-28-2015, 07:21 AM   #1
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Debian 7 lxde installed; how to install GNOME? (issue)


hello,
I installed debian7 lxde on a thinkpad T520. I want to install GNOME.
An error happens (see below: it ask to install a CD which is not a good recommendation because I am online.. and I never does it like that). How to go around it?
(sorry for the german text)

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root@Thinkpad:/home/family# apt-get install update
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
E: Paket update kann nicht gefunden werden.
root@Thinkpad:/home/family# apt-get install upgrade
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
E: Paket upgrade kann nicht gefunden werden.
root@Thinkpad:/home/family# apt-get install gnome
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen.... Fertig
Die folgenden zusätzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
accountsservice aisleriot alacarte apache2.2-bin apg app-install-data
apt-xapian-index argyll at-spi2-core baobab binfmt-support bogofilter
...
xbrlapi xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xserver-xephyr yelp yelp-xsl
zeitgeist-core zenity zenity-common
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
gnome-cards-data doc-base vcdimager libdvdcss2 browser-plugin-lightspark
unrar evolution-exchange evolution-dbg evolution-plugins-experimental
...
xbrlapi xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xserver-xephyr yelp yelp-xsl
zeitgeist-core zenity zenity-common
0 aktualisiert, 513 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen noch 336 MB von 341 MB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 1.034 MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Möchten Sie fortfahren [J/n]? J
Medienwechsel: Bitte legen Sie das Medium mit dem Namen
»Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 lxde-CD Binary-1 20150110-14:41«
in Laufwerk »/media/cdrom/« ein und drücken Sie die Eingabetaste (Enter).

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Old 02-28-2015, 07:25 AM   #2
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Haven't the CD entries been commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list?
 
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Old 02-28-2015, 07:35 AM   #3
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Haven't the CD entries been commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list?
Now with "leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list"
Thanks.
 
Old 02-28-2015, 09:02 AM   #4
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Also, please note that the correct commands for updating the database and installing upgrades are
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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
The install command is not used for this.
 
  


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