On 2025-11-12 11:00:33 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 12 Nov 2025 at 03:23:55 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2025-11-05 09:43:02 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > I used > > > > > > - [X] Debian desktop > > > - [ ] GNOME > > > - [ ] KDE > > > > > > expecting to get some common packages (e.g. desktop-file-utils), branding > > > like wallpapers, etc., expecting no DE packages. I got GNOME despite it > > > was > > > unchecked. Installing new instances is not regular activity for me. Maybe > > > next time I will try parent + some non GNOME checkbox to be sure. > > > > I had the same issue with bookworm. I just wanted the packages > > common to desktop machines (in particular for the network), but > > got GNOME without any warning first. FYI, I was just interested > > in Xorg + FVWM, none of the listed desktop environments (IIRC, > > this was possible in the past). > > The Packages files in the 18 Debian suites show that nothing has > ever pulled in fvwm; you've always had to install it for yourself. > (BTW installing fvwm doesn't pull in an X server.)
I have never said that it pulled fvwm, just that there was a way to get packages common to desktop machines without getting a specific desktop environment. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
