On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 10:18:22AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > As root I attempted to do > apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core > It began normally but terminated with a file not found message > before coming to the confirm installation step.
And the error message said...? > To narrow down the problem source(s) I attempted to install a > different program. Instead of reading the error. *sigh* > How can I diagnose what went wrong when I attempted "apt-get > install"? By reading the error. There is not enough information here to tell whether it was trying to install a package that isn't physically included on your DVD, or installing a package that exists but has an error in it, etc.