How to install KDE on Debian 6?

Question

I have GNOME 2.30.2 that came with my default Debian installation. I have the following Debian installation:

Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 (squeeze)
Release:        6.0.5
Codename:       squeeze

I want to install some other desktop environment. What is the procedure for installing KDE or Xfce on Debian 6?

Goez · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20 11:04:18Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

aptitude install kde-desktop should do the trick

and if I am correct aptitude install xfce-desktop would do this for xfce.

answered Aug 20 '12 at 11:04

Goez
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	It is not possible to update GNOME to latest version in Debian 6. It breaks things. I hope upgrading to KDE has no such issue. Besides that article you pointed out is for Debian 5. – Kshitiz Sharma Aug 20 '12 at 11:07
	try also: `apt-get install kde-desktop` – fromnaboo Aug 20 '12 at 11:37
	package names for the desktop envs are mostly the same. apt-get and aptitude install also have the same result – Goez Aug 20 '12 at 12:08

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