If you have a preference for the Gnome desktop environment, you can do:
$ sudo aptitude update
- $ sudo ptitude install gnome iceweasel
+ $ sudo aptitude install gnome iceweasel
$
$ # You can reboot or start with 'startx', we will just reboot here
$ reboot
- $ sudo aptitude install kde iceweasel
+For KDE, just substitute the package name "C<kde>" for "C<gnome>" above.
-For KDE, just substitude the package name "C<kde>" for "C<gnome>" above.
+ $ sudo aptitude install kde iceweasel
Note that C<iceweasel> is basically used to install Firefox on Debian
boxes. You can start it under X Windows with either the C<firefox>
Also, you might need to add more memory to your virtual machine if you
want to run X Windows (or other tools that might require additional
-memory). Consult the documentation for you virtualization software
+memory). Consult the documentation of your virtualization software
for instructions on how to do this (it's usually pretty simple).
recommend that you also consider using this very handy module. It can
greatly ease the process of maintaining and testing different
combinations or Perl modules across development, staging, and production
-servers. (The "relocatable Perl" feature can also be used to to run
+servers. (The "relocatable Perl" feature can also be used to run
both the modules B<and> Perl itself from your home directory [or any
other directory you chose]).