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  Install problem. Pranav Gade <pranavgade20@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 18:10 +0100
    Re: Install problem. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2017-02-17 18:30 +0100
    Re: Install problem. Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 20:50 +0100

#177933 — Install problem.

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Hello there! I installed debian 8.7.1 Jessie for i386 through the CD image.
After install, I was surprised to find that I had a command line interface,
instead of Graphical Interface. I have installed the system with Windows XP
professional sp 3. I cannot work with the command line, so please suggest
me some way of installing debian with Graphical interface on my computer.
Thank you and please help me.

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#177936

Hi,

On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:18:34 +0530
Pranav Gade <pranavgade20@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello there! I installed debian 8.7.1 Jessie for i386 through the CD
> image. After install, I was surprised to find that I had a command line
> interface, instead of Graphical Interface. I have installed the system
> with Windows XP professional sp 3. I cannot work with the command line,
> so please suggest me some way of installing debian with Graphical
> interface on my computer. Thank you and please help me.

it seems that you installed a minimal version of debian without graphical
environment. If you have a working internet connection it should be easy
to install the gui, though. You might try to login as root into your
terminal and then run the command

apt-get install xfce4

This should hopefully install a graphical environment with the xfce4
Desktop. If you don't like xfce you can easily install other
gui environments later and pick the one that fits your needs best.

Regards

Michael

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#177947

On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:18:34 +0530 Pranav Gade <pranavgade20@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello there! I installed debian 8.7.1 Jessie for i386 through the CD
> image. After install, I was surprised to find that I had a command
> line interface, instead of Graphical Interface. I have installed the
> system with Windows XP professional sp 3. I cannot work with the
> command line, so please suggest me some way of installing debian with
> Graphical interface on my computer. Thank you and please help me.

What "CD Image?"  It's exact name.

You could have just failed to tell the installer program to install the
graphical interface. Or the installer had trouble configuring your
graphic card.  I've had this happen a lot in the past, particularly
with old hardware.  But we'lll get to that later, if it applies.  A
quick test:  login as root; type startx at the prompt.  Did the GUI
come up? Or did you get a black screen with or without a working cursor?
If not, what was output to the terminal?

B

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