Install and configure Debian Wheezy

Today I am going to show you how to install your debian wheezy with KDE since it is the environment I prefer and how to configure it after installation.

I leave you some images first of all:

debian_Wheezy1

debian_wheezy1

debian_wheezy2

debian_wheezy3

debian_wheezy5

Download the DVD version of Debian Wheezy:

I prefer to download the DVD version as it comes with all the graphical environments and there are not so many packages or mutations to download from the Internet .. It also brings a good selection of packages :).

32 bit DVD
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-dvd/debian-7.0.0-i386-DVD-1.iso

64 bit DVD
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso

Even so, I also leave you the CD versions with different environments:

32-bit images

Gnome
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-i386-CD-1.iso

KDE
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-i386-kde-CD-1.iso

Xfce
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso

LXDE
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-i386-lxde-CD-1.iso

Netinstall CD
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-i386-netinst.iso

64-bit images

Gnome
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-CD-1.iso

KDE
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-kde-CD-1.iso

Xfce
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso

LXDE
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso

cd netinstall
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

They burn it to a CD or DVD depending on what they have chosen and reboot. As soon as they restart, the installation menu of Debian like this:

Debian_Install

For those who like me have downloaded the DVD version, we place ourselves on the option to install and press the tab key to show us the options that are going to be loaded and we just have to add this to the end of the line that appears. : desktop = kde and press enter.

In this way we configure the environment to be installed in a direct way. So we can install any environment in your Debian directly. They would only change where by xfce, lxde being for example: desktop = xfce...

Obviously, if you want to use Gnome, you don't have to do this step since it is installed by default and those who have downloaded a variant of the CD version don't have to do anything either and continue with the installation. Now, if you have downloaded a variant of the CD, keep in mind that you have to be connected to the Internet during the installation so that the chosen graphical environment and its applications are downloaded to you.

The installation will proceed and KDE will be automatically installed on our Debian Wheezy.

Once the system is installed and with the session started, we proceed with the modification of the repositories as follows: We open the terminal and write:

su we enter the root nano password /etc/apt/sources.list

In the terminal we will be shown the content of the sources.list file and we modify it by leaving it
as follows:

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy / updates main contrib non-free deb -src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy / updates main contrib non-free # Debian multimedia deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free deb-src http: //www.deb -multimedia.org wheezy main non-free

We save with the key combination CTRL + O and close with CTRL + X.

We continue with the update of the distro:

apt-get update apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring apt-get update apt-get -y dist-upgrade

Now we install some basic applications with the APPER program manager to which
found in the KDE menu.

aptitude install icedtea-plugin flashplayer-mozilla kde-config-flash-player icedove icedove-l10n-en-es transmageddon kdenlive gufw kde-config-gtk-style gtk2-engines-oxygen gtk3-engines-oxygen gdebi-kde kde-config- touchpad rar unrar

Done .. With this we have our Debian Wheezy KDE fully prepared and functional.
All the best
😀


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  1.   Ruffus said

    I was going to prepare a post about installing and configuring Wheezy and KDE (with a little more content). Now I see this and I'm glad I didn't get to work.

    I also recommend installing qtcurve to customize the windows and achieve a perfect integration of qt and gtk applications. In addition to the build-essential, cmake, kde-workspace-dev, libxrender-de and libxext-dev packages to compile and install bespin and xbar. Other essentials that they never take into account are preload and prelink. DKMS cannot be absent for those who use proprietary modules.

    1.    dhunter said

      Preload I use it but prelink has always given me an error when I run it.

    2.    peterczech said

      Hello and thanks for the comment .. 🙂

      The integration of gtk applications in KDE is achieved with the packages kde-config-gtk-style gtk2-engines-oxygen gtk3-engines-oxygen 😀

      Development tools are already a matter for advanced linux users who no longer need to say how they are installed: D.

      a greeting

      1.    Ruffus said

        In my opinion, the integration achieved with qtcurve is better than with oxygen (which is not bad at all). You can download hundreds of themes from kde-look, deviantart and similar sites or you can create your own if you have the knowledge. Although it is not necessary to customize KDE, I do not conceive the idea of ​​working on it without a modification to adapt it to my tastes or needs. Fortunately we have the freedom to choose.

        Regarding the development tools, they are necessary to be able to compile and install bespin, which recently became fashionable again with the appearance of Be :: Shell, achieving a frankly unsurpassed combination in terms of spectacularity.

        1.    peterczech said

          😀

    3.    Leo said

      Since they brought up the subject I have a query: Now I am using e4rat to speed up the startup, but it doesn't improve much. With preload and prelink, do you notice an improvement in startup? Thank you.

      1.    peterczech said

        Well, in Debian Wheezy I have no problems with loading times. At system startup and applications, a general increase in loading speed is noted. Now, if you want to use Preload you can get up to a 50% increase in loading times .. Logically this depends on your system. If you have a quick configuration on your hardware I don't think you will notice any more difference.

        1.    Leo said

          Ok, I'm going to try it. Actually I use Kubuntu, but I identify myself with Debian so that I take the Razor-qt logo (since at heart it is Debian).
          Thanks for the tip and good post.

  2.   Marco said

    Well right now I am installing Debian on my laptop, but now that I read this article, I realize I made a mistake: I downloaded the iso DVD with gnome. so it will be time to delete it later and install another.

    1.    Nestor said

      In the first DVD come the most used packages including the KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, etc. environments.

      To install other environments, select "alternate desktop" on the boot screen.

      1.    peterczech said

        Indeed .. On the boot screen you have to do the step described in the post or what Nestor says above .. 🙂

  3.   fernando said

    Thanks friend for the tuto I saw it on taringa and I left you a few points for the debian wheezy stable repos. Right now I'm going to configure it. Hehehe yesterday I downloaded and installed it but I had university jobs I did not stay time to enjoy my debian.

    1.    peterczech said

      Thank you very much for the comment and for the tips 🙂

  4.   Rolo said

    Actually it would be better to point the links to the repositories
    http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/curren
    instead of using
    http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0

    since in a while debian will release version 7.0.1 and all the links will be unusable

    1.    peterczech said

      Well Rolo, it's about now 🙂

      1.    Rolo said

        It seems to me that I did not understand myself well, I mean that the links to the repositories of the iso images that you are putting x eg:

        http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/iso-dvd/debian-7.0.0-i386-DVD-1.iso

        in a short time they will be unusable when they update wheezy to for example version 7.0.1

        and future readers of this post will be disappointed not being able to access the iso images

        That is why I commented that it is better to point to the current repositories that always point to the most current stable version

        http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/

        1.    alejrof3f1p said

          I downloaded the ISO 3 but I want to install from usb on my pc, I use ubuntu and I try to mount it on my kingston DTSE9 usb with boot disk creator, it doesn't give me result, it doesn't even appear in the boot of my bios, it will be the iso, the usb, the pc ??

          1.    peterczech said

            Use unetbootin 🙂

  5.   ayosinho said

    I installed Debian 7 but I uninstalled it almost instantly, and I have never been able to connect Wi-Fi, and a laptop without Wi-Fi ... of course not xD

    1.    peterczech said

      Do you know that the same package you use to control your wifi in Ubuntu is in the Debian Wheezy repositories?

      You just have to know which card you 🙂

      1.    ayosinho said

        And how do I know which card I have?

        1.    diazepam said

          lspci command. it shows you the info of your machine.

          1.    ayosinho said

            00: 00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
            00: 02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
            00: 16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
            00: 1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
            00: 1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
            00: 1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
            00: 1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
            00: 1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
            00: 1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
            00: 1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
            00: 1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
            00: 1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
            00: 1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series / 3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
            01: 00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
            02: 00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b / g / n (rev 01)
            ff: 00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
            ff: 00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
            ff: 02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
            ff: 02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
            ff: 02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
            ff: 02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

            Look that was what I got, now what do I have to install or do to have wifi in Debian ????

          2.    peterczech said

            Well in what you put, your system has Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b / g / n wifi (rev 01). The driver to install on Debian is: broadcom-sta-dkms

            Problem solved 🙂

          3.    Rolo said

            the driver you have to install is firmware-brcm80211 http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211 if you want an intaldor that brings non-free fimware

            http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/multi-arch/iso-cd/

            This is a multi-architecture net install so it works for a 32-bit and 64-bit installation and brings the firmware-brcm80211 driver

            More Information http://www.esdebian.org/wiki/enlaces-directos-descargar-imagenes-iso-debian

    2.    vma1994 said

      I am on debian and I am a newbie and when in the debian installation process I did not use any type of network (wired or Wi-Fi) I could not connect later to solve this problem in the installation process I did it with a network connection via cable to to recognize the network card and later if I could use the wifi

      1.    peterczech said

        And that's why I recommend downloading the Debian iso DVD: D .. The DVD has drivers, desktops and languages ​​as well as a good selection of programs 🙂

  6.   Mr Linux. said

    Thanks Petercheco, as always your contributions are very good, I am a Slackware fan, but any linuxero who respects himself must have a Debian DVD / CD.

    1.    peterczech said

      Thank you very much Mr. Linux.,
      I'm about to try Slackware: D.

    2.    Yo said

      firefox 7? Mother of god!

      1.    Mr Linux. said

        When I put the pointer over the Firefox symbol it always shows that I am using Firefox 7 I don't know why, but I am actually using Firefox 17. Slackware has a conservative criterion to install its programs but not so much, on the other hand I have not wanted to update it.

    3.    eliotime3000 said

      Both Slackware and Debian are the heavy hitters among the oldest Linux distros in this world. In addition, both are the most preferred by those who like a good distro that does not fail them at all (although at first, it may be somewhat difficult, but little by little the characteristics that make them unique are discovered).

  7.   Euclid said

    I think I'm going to try, this should be 7, Ubuntu freezes my desktop, I installed kubuntu, very nice I like it, but it also freezes, I fell in love with opensuse, but I download the file and, when burning the DVD it gives me an error, so I installed , centos, as soon as I finished I already had the wifi activated, without looking for solutions, in the network, the problem is that I cannot, installing the other repositories gives me errors, but my lactop had never worked, I am also looking for a tutorial to install repositories in centos 6.4. leave downloading opensuse to install from the net there, if this time I am lucky, good tutorial, greetings from Colombia

    1.    peterczech said

      Take a look at my post on how to configure CentOS:
      https://blog.desdelinux.net/centos-6-4-disponible-como-configurarlo/

      1.    Euclid said

        Thanks Peter, when you got home I will read it in detail. because I'm happy with centos

        1.    peterczech said

          You're welcome 🙂

  8.   elendilnarsil said

    Unfortunately I could not boot the system. When I rebooted, I got a grub error, and I had no way to fix it, except by reinstalling another distro. So for now, I am on Xubuntu.

    1.    peterczech said

      The iso would be wrongly downloaded .. 🙂

      1.    elendilnarsil said

        I checked the MD5 and it matched. But it wouldn't be the first time that has happened to me.

        1.    oscar said

          You won't have UEFI ???
          The same happens to me! I can only get it to work with Kubuntu or Xubuntu :)

          1.    elendilnarsil said

            No, I do not have.

        2.    peterczech said

          Use the DVD because if you used the CD, all the packages with the desktop are downloaded from the Internet and there could be an error in the transfer :).

    2.    Mario said

      The same thing happens to me, both debian 7 or 6 on an old pentium with an ide disk. Start grub but can't find the disk. I solved it by installing lilo (by the way it is faster to boot). It can be selected at the end of the expert installation. Grub legacy also works but first you will have to start the pc with rescatux or SuperGrubDisk and then install it

      1.    eliotime3000 said

        I have a first generation Mainboard PC Chips with VIA chipset, 4 Ghz Pentium 1.8 with 1 GB of RAM, 32 MB of video and two 40 GB hard drives, both IDE and I have Debian Squeeze installed working normally.

        I am downloading the Debian Wheezy DVD1 ISO so that I can install it on my Lentium 4 and make an attempt to fallback to GNOME 3.4.

      2.    commentator said

        Read the errata, there it says how you can solve some installation problems.

      3.    elendilnarsil said

        Unfortunately I only had my laptop yesterday, so I couldn't get a SuperGrubDisk. But the lesson is to always have it ready.

  9.   shutdown said

    Thanks for this contribution brother, it motivated me to install Debian and it was the best decision I could make, greetings.

    1.    peterczech said

      You're welcome friend, I'm glad that my post has helped you 😀

  10.   blaxus said

    Tried it once, I was shown this distro by a friend, I think it was version 6 back then, I was able to install it with the graphical installer and with XFCE, but I couldn't install the packages to get the Broadcom BCRM43XX board working, and to top it off I don't have an ethernet cable at home to install the packages online, and I don't remember how one was assembled, so for now I'm going to stick with Ubuntu, although I don't like it so much.

    1.    peterczech said

      See if you download Debian DVD # 1 and download the packages:

      dkms:
      http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.2.0.3-1.2_all.deb

      broadcom-sta-dkms:
      http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

      problem solved since the DVD contains the rest of the dependencies :)

    2.    commentator said

      In the following link

      http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/stable+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/

      You will find an image of debian wheezy live, which comes with non-free drivers and firmware, which in theory should allow wifi to work.

      1.    lusadi said

        Thanks for the tip

  11.   jxstbn said

    Excellent, I just installed it but with XFCE and it works great, very fast and stable. Now I'll get to customize it 😀

    1.    peterczech said

      I'm glad 😀

  12.   Federico said

    I just installed debian kde and it is very, very good.

    1.    peterczech said

      Debian 7 + KDE = the best 😀

      1.    Samir said

        Totally!!!!

      2.    Federico said

        Totally agree!!!

        very good your atirculo !! thanks for the tips.

        1.    peterczech said

          You're welcome 🙂

  13.   Federico said

    Testing useragent

  14.   ricardoliz said

    I currently have Debian Squeeze with custom LXDE, but, I'm already doing tests, with wheezy to build my desktop.

    The first problems I found is that the gnome applications that I use as brazier, gcaltool, within my lxde environment did not take the gtk theme, surprise you have to install gtk3 themes and select them independently so that it does not look so ugly.

    That was done. but a big problem, pcmanfm has ugly bugs such as not updating the content of what is in the directories of my pen drives in fat format, while thunar does work well.

    I think we started working to build a different hybrid desktop with some xfce, lxde and gnome. I'm beginning to feel a lot of nostalgia for gnome 2.3x, in this we can say everything in the past was better.

    We keep testing to see what comes out.

  15.   Hector Zelaya said

    I download the Multiarch DVD version but no matter what desktop I choose, gnome always installs me.

    1.    peterczech said

      If you use my method: tab key in the dvd boot and add at the end of the line: desktop = kde or another desktop: desktop = fxce or desktop = lxde you will have no problem 🙂

  16.   kannabix said

    And to learn, a highly recommended book:
    http://debian-handbook.info/browse/es-ES/stable/

    Also available in other formats:
    http://debian-handbook.info/get/now/

  17.   st0rmt4il said

    We thank you for the guide compa!

    For now, I'll take a look at the new Ubuntu version, just for the Drivers and PPAs, and well, we'll see how I fix it with Unity!

    Debian let's see how much time I take to get you excited!

    Regards!

    1.    peterczech said

      ok

      1.    Juan Carlos said

        Hello "RedHatero"! How will it behave on my Lenovo laptop? Don't you know how Debian is doing with power and so on?

        1.    Juan Carlos said

          That's it, it works 10 ...

          1.    Juan Carlos said

            Done, I already removed it, too much mossy smell, a lot to configure .... since I left Fedora (at least for now) and started using Ubuntu I am getting a little lazy. Also, as SO is a fierce, as rock as Centos, so congratulations to the Debian users.

            regards

          2.    peterczech said

            Well if my guide is short with the KDE configuration 🙂

          3.    Juan Carlos said

            @petercheco It is not about the guide, it is more, I installed it with Gnome using a method of installation of DVD 1 from a pendrive that I did not know and that is done from unetbootin, very useful by the way. In case you are interested, it is done like this:

            1) Run unetbootin. Important: Be connected to the Internet.

            2) Above, they select the distribution, which in this case would be Debian, of course.

            3) In the drop-down on the right select Stable_HdMedia (if it is 32) or if it is 64, Stable HdMedia_64.

            4) At the bottom select, in type, USB Drive, and next to the drive. Then OK.

            5) Wait a few minutes (brief), that unetbootin will download some files to the pendrive.

            6) Once it is finished, they close unetbootin and copy the .iso from DVD 1 to the pendrive.

            7) Restart the system from the pendrive, and avanti, to install. You will not find a super graphical installer, but it is very easy and intuitive.

            regards

          4.    peterczech said

            Hey now that I remember .. Why did you leave Fedora and switch to Kubuntu?

            I am using Debian Wheezy with KDE and when I need real stability I throw CentOS 6.4 with Elrepo kernel repository activated and kernel-lt on the servers to be compatible with the new hardware guaranteed (now kernel 3.0.77) or kernel-ml installed for have the kernel always recent on my desktops or laptops (Right now it goes for 3.9.1).

            I leave you the link in case you are interested in looking: http://elrepo.org/linux/kernel/el6/

            Elrepo repository:

            http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-5.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm

            regards

          5.    Juan Carlos said

            @petercheco I'm not with Kubuntu, it's Ubuntu 13.04, and I'm testing it a couple of weeks ago as a single system. With Centos I had problems with the SD card reader, bah, problems, it doesn't even recognize it; Furthermore, I am in a stage of computer "laziness", that's why Ubuntu 13.04, I didn't have to touch anything at all and it works very well for me; and, of course, waiting for Centos 7. Fedora? She is like my old woman, I always visit her and I keep reminding her how much I love her ...

          6.    peterczech said

            Well I am also looking forward to CentOS 7, which apparently will not be long in coming since RHEL's biggest rival is already up and running with its Wheezy :). Although Ubuntu is also getting strong on the servers as the graph shows:

            http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/os-linux/all/all

          7.    eliotime3000 said

            @petercheco When a new version is released from the Stable branch of Debian, the RTM always has last minute bugs. It would be better to start downloading them from update 1 or 2, since at least they have corrected last minute errors (from update 3 onwards, the stability is usually the same or better than that of CentOS).

  18.   catusay said

    Hello, sorry for the question, I know it is not the place but I did not find answers elsewhere and I refer this way as the last alternative. I have a problem with the start of my netbook with debian 7. I do not want to extend myself much more, you can refer me to a space where if you answer me, since the irc is not very communicative, thank you.

    1.    peterczech said

      Well, you don't talk about the problem in particular .. If you tell us something else, maybe we'll help you 🙂

  19.   Leo said

    I don't want to be mean, but isn't it an exaggeration to download the DVD with all the environments if you're only going to install one? (A Net install fan speaks who uses it even on a PC without an Internet connection 😀)
    Good info, especially the topic of repositories which is always a bit rough in Debian.

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      It is not for cuteness or for any other whim for which the Debian DVD1 versions are downloaded, but because they have at their disposal programs such as the software center that is quite similar to Ubuntu and optional applications such as FileZilla and others, as long as you have an internet speed that makes your life miserable (512 Kbps, for example) and your only option is to download it through the torrent.

      As for speeds above 1 Mbps, it would be more feasible to download only CD1 or Netinstall, since the fluidity of data justifies not having to depend so much on options so offline.

      1.    peterczech said

        Indeed 🙂

        1.    Leo said

          Of course, if there are DVDs, it is for something and I do not deny that they are really useful, especially in low speed or offline. More than once I thought to get off all of them that I think were 8 (I go from one extreme to another, ha).

          But I have a doubt, even if you download the complete DVD1, won't there also be problems with dependencies in some other important program, or only with that DVD is enough to fulfill them? (I'm only talking about programs like browsers, etc. that that DVD brings)

          1.    eliotime3000 said

            There are no problems with applications such as browsers, since the essential programs come on DVD1, such as some browsers such as Iceweasel 10 ESR, mail clients, the LibreOffice 3.5 office suite and if you are on GNOME, you have the Software Center in your 5th. version (with the collaboration of Cannonical and works wonders on other desktops like KDE, XFCE and LXDE).

            In addition, DVD1 has the full desktop interfaces like GNOME 3.4 and you don't have to be downloading the CD / DVD that has GNOME, another that has KDE and so on (Debian is not Ubuntu, of course), plus one comes to you than another additional utility such as VLC, Amarok (for KDE), among others.

      2.    izzyvp said

        Indeed, where I live I have a 512 kbps connection, and if I want something big, I'd better download it from the uni, which has a 1000 Mbps connection there

  20.   rafael said

    Hello! receive a warm greeting! Finally Wheezy a stable! what good news! I have been with Debian for less than 1 year and from time to time I install the system from scratch, in a while I will surely do it again! I always used the DVD version, only the DVD1 that brings the necessary packages to install a desktop, however always (I think) that on the "advaced option" screen is the option to install an alternative desktop environment, in case you want to install kde , lxde or xfce, this option is also available for the netinstall iso which is the one I have used lately, you just have to select the repository or mirror from where we can get the packages! Another option is to install only the "base system" and then restart and from the console install the debian "tasks" as kde task or debian task, in the repositories they are available, and finally we can install the xdg-user packages -dirs to create folders in the directory / home / »username», these are downloads, documents, videos, images, among others, in addition to removing the menu-xdg package that comes installed, because in the launcher of kde, apps are shown 2 times! Thank you so much! Cheers!

  21.   andres daza said

    hello… download the cd with xfce… this guide is for kde… could you give me what I copy in the terminal but for my environment… thank you

    1.    peterczech said

      Regarding the repositories and the update of the system is the same.

      Recommended programs:

      apt-get install iceweasel iceweasel-l10n-en-es icedtea-plugin flashplayer-mozilla vlc icedove icedove-l10n-en-es gufw brazier k3b kde-l10n-es rar zip unzip unrar p7zip devede libreoffice libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-l10n libreoffice-lXNUMXn gimp gdebi gcalctool network-manager-gnome

      1.    andres daza said

        With this, my debian xfce will be functional .. I don't want to fill it with things that I won't use, since the ekipo is home. thanks

        1.    peterczech said

          It is the essential for general use without filling it with applications that you will not use regularly 🙂

  22.   mario said

    Hello, I installed debian 7 but it does not load the default GNOME desktop, it stays on the wallpaper and if I choose the classic gnome if it loads me, what will the problem be ???. Thanks

    1.    peterczech said

      Well it gives me that your problem will be related to your graphics card .. It allows 3d acceleration or not .. If not, you can use only gnome-classic or you could consider the xfce or lxde environment.

  23.   ayosinho said

    I've done everything and I still can't connect to Wi-Fi on Debian! : S

    1.    peterczech said

      I already told you once .. Install the broadcom-sta-dkms package and it has to work for you since your wifi card is compatible .. It is impossible that it does not work for you 🙂

      1.    ayosinho said

        And how do I install that package? what i installed was firmware-brcm80211 but nothing!

        1.    peterczech said

          Modify the repositories as described in the post and then continue with:

          Open terminal and type:

          su
          enter your superuser password

          apt-get purge firmware-brcm80211

          apt-get install broadcom-sta-dkms

          Restart and you will have wifi 🙂

          1.    ayosinho said

            Thanks, I'll try to see ..

          2.    ayosinho said

            I get this message:

            E: The broadcom-sta-dkms package could not be located

            I think I will leave Debian aside, it seems that it is not compatible with me!

        2.    Juan Carlos said

          @ayosinho: That's because you don't have the repositories added as explained by @petercheco in the article. Add them and you will evr that if it is installed.

          regards

  24.   w4r3d said

    Gentlemen, how are we going? I don't know if you should ask here but I don't know where (for now) what happens is that I try to install dns in debian "So far so good", I open my console, log in as root user, and give apt-get install bind9 or aptitude install bind9 and ooh !!! Surprise apparently it is not the dns package for debian and I would like to know if someone has already started to install service in this distro monster, I hope you can help me and if you want and can please send an email to wili920503@gmail.com with the help, thanks for taking the time to read this: D.

  25.   New to Debian said

    How could I get the wifi adapter to take me, it is a TL-WN321G usb. In arch I think the rt2500usb module was loaded or something like that.

    1.    peterczech said

      Open terminal and type:

      su
      (enter your root password)

      apt-get install firmware-ralink

      Reboot and problem solved 🙂

      1.    New to Debian said

        sorry, but I don't have internet. I could download it only from windows.

      2.    New to Debian said

        Sorry but I don't have wired internet. It's funny but on ArchLinux and Gentoo this doesn't happen. Not to mention in Ubuntu. I should download that package plus all its dependencies, plus the dependencies of the dependencies. : p big debian.

        1.    peterczech said

          Hi friend,
          I will not delete any comments from you.. The portal desdelinux.net has been having problems with comments lately but let's get to the point...

          1 ° Download the Debian DVD1 and leave the cd / dvd repository in your active sources.list (uncommented).

          2 ° Download the package for your wifi and install it .. The dependencies will be taken from the DVD:
          http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-ralink_0.36+wheezy.1_all.deb

          a greeting

  26.   Luks said

    I had asked around here a problem I had with the installation. They erased the question, it is good to know who is who in free software. Regards.

    1.    peterczech said

      I will not delete any comments from you.. The portal desdelinux.net has been having problems with comments lately but let's get to the point...

      If you can post the question again or send it to me by email: petercheco@hotmail.es

      a greeting

  27.   ferchmetal said

    Thank you very much for the post!

    1.    peterczech said

      You're welcome 😀

  28.   Alberto said

    During startup, what is the use of "Waiting for / dev to be fully populated"?

  29.   Pepe said

    Hi, what is the amd64 dvd image that has a graphical interface for installation?

    1.    peterczech said

      All DVDs have the graphical installation interface and all the desktop environments including languages ​​🙂

  30.   weighs12 said

    Hello .. pass me the link of the image or the torrent to download the one with the graphical interface in the installation? thanks!!

      1.    weighs12 said

        Thanks, I was confused with the Live images, that's why the graphic installer did not appear, but in the end it is the same ..

    1.    Anonymous said

      These images already have the graphical installer, just select "Graphical Install"

      1.    weighs12 said

        Thanks, I was confused with the Live images, that's why the graphic installer did not appear, but in the end it is the same ..

  31.   Jonathan said

    Thank you!

  32.   cractoh said

    hello petercheco here I am again I went from centos to debian 7 wheezy I like debian and its repositories better, I just need help with the wifi my card is this, root @ debian: / home / euclides # lspci
    00: 00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM / PM / GMS, 943 / 940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
    00: 02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM / GMS, 943 / 940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
    00: 02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM / GMS / GME, 943 / 940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
    00: 1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
    00: 1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
    00: 1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
    00: 1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
    00: 1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller # 1 (rev 01)
    00: 1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller # 2 (rev 01)
    00: 1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller # 3 (rev 01)
    00: 1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller # 4 (rev 01)
    00: 1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
    00: 1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
    00: 1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
    00: 1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
    00: 1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM / GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 01)
    00: 1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10 / ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
    06: 00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b / g WLAN (rev 01)
    08: 08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO / 100 VE Network Connection (rev 01)
    root @ debian: / home / euclides # download some packages that you recommended in the comments above but I don't know how to install them. if wifi works for me, this debian is very good. contribution and this great service you provide to the community

    1.    peterczech said

      Hello cractoh :),
      if you downloaded the packages:

      dkms:
      http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2.2.0.3-1.2_all.deb

      broadcom-sta-dkms:
      http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

      all you have to do is open terminal and type:

      su
      (enter your root password)

      cd / home / your_user_name / Downloads

      dpkg -i dkms_2.2.0.3-1.2_all.deb

      dpkg -i broadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

      Logically, if you have cable internet, you don't need to download these packages and you can install them with the internet connected to:

      su
      (enter your root password)

      apt-get update && apt-get -y install broadcom-sta-dkms

      Then restart the PC.

      Greetings 😀

  33.   cractoh said

    Thanks Peter, when I get home I will do the process, greetings,

  34.   cractoh said

    hello petercheco, I have all the steps from above, update all the repos but nothing I do the step connected to the network but it does not find the file, this too late tomorrow I'm still, I don't know what I'm doing wrong cd / home / euclides / dpkg downloads idkms_2.2.3-1.2_all.deb dpkg-ibroadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

    1.    peterczech said

      Let's see, what you have to do is open the terminal and write:

      su
      (enter your root password)

      cd / home / euclides / downloads

      dpkg -i dkms_2.2.3-1.2_all.deb

      dpkg -i broadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

      As I put it, it works.

      If you don't have the downloads folder in your home, you can open the file manager, go to where the packages were downloaded and press the right mouse button and choose "open terminal here".

      Then follow with:

      su
      (enter your root password)

      dpkg -i dkms_2.2.3-1.2_all.deb

      dpkg -i broadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

      And voila 🙂

  35.   cractoh said

    hello petercheco greetings, now it tells me that I have the broken file I try to delete it and it comes back and it appears
    (gksudo: 3692): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
    Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
    GConf failed: D-Bus daemon is not running

    1.    peterczech said

      Look, since you use Gnome install gdebi .. it is in the Debian dvd or you download it from:

      http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gdebi/gdebi-core_0.8.7_all.deb

      y

      http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gdebi/gdebi_0.8.7_all.deb

      Install gdebi with:

      su
      (enter your root password)

      cd / home / euclides / downloads

      dpkg -i gdebi-core_0.8.7_all.deb

      gdebi_0.8.7_all.deb

      Once these packages are installed, you can run the .deb package installations with a double click or by clicking the right mouse button and selecting open with gdebi.

  36.   cractoh said

    dpkg -i dkms_2.2.3-1.2_all.deb

    dpkg -i broadcom-sta-dkms_5.100.82.112-8_all.deb

  37.   Highlander said

    Hello PeterCheco, how are you, first of all thanks for the article and congratulations for all the contribution you give to us newbies, I had been having problems when I wanted to install Debian KDE from the CD on a Server, it never recognized me network, video and audio and when I installed it with the DVD if I recognized them, but I am a KDE lover (on my PC I use Kubuntu) and well if I don't read your article I don't know what would have happened to me, I'm installing it right now I hope that in the end everything finished well ...

    I would like to ask you something I do not know if there will be, I have only found it in CentOS, I want to install, configure and use Bacula on this Server with Debian to make scheduled backups of the PCs in LINUX and Windows that are on my network, of all the programs for backup that can be used both in LINUX and Windows I have read that it is one of the best, I have found installation videos but for Server CentOS as I was saying, a friend was left to find out if they existed for Debian, but looking for I found this page I read how to install Debian KDE environment and with the curiosity to know if you know about that, since I see that you are quite knowledgeable about Debian, I do not know if it would be possible for you to help me in this regard, I would be greatly grateful.

    Thanks in advance, take care of yourself and success in your daily tasks ...

    1.    PeterCzech said

      Hi Highlander,
      Thank you very much for your comment and your query: D.

      The Bacula package is available in Debian perfectly and a good installation guide is available here:

      http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/bacula2.htm

      o

      http://www.buenastareas.com/ensayos/Bacula-Instalacion-y-Configuracion/5806042.html

      Logically do not forget to install mysql: D.

      After the configuration is the same as in CentOS: D.

      All the best

      1.    Highlander said

        OK thank you very much, any other questions or comments I will not hesitate to ask for your advice, always hoping to receive your help ... take care

      1.    Highlander said

        Hey, thank you very much, I'll start reading, installing and testing it to see how it goes ... take care

  38.   Striders said

    Thank you. It served me well.

  39.   superlative said

    Thank you very much for the tutorial. I am looking at which image to download, I am comparing the Xfce or LXDE light desktops, can someone tell me what you recommend? Regarding Debian 7 I see that Gimp comes with the last one but for what reason does it not come with LibreOffice 4 when they have already announced the imminent release of 4.1?
    Thank you very much

    1.    peterczech said

      Hello and you're welcome: D.

      Regarding the environment, I prefer to use XFCE over LXDE. Libreoffice can be downloaded from the official page in .deb format and installed with a simple dpkg -i libreoffice * being located in the terminal in the downloads folder .. that is: cd / home / your_user_name / Downloads

      regards

      1.    superlative said

        Thank you very much petercheco, I see that LXDE is forgotten and Xfce continues to update and from what I have read here it brings good improvements. Regarding the installation I will try as you say since I have always used apt-get but I understand that since the latest LibreOffice is not in the repositories, therefore the solution is to download the .deb. Thank you very much mate!

  40.   krlos said

    I should like them a lot but unfortunately I haven't been able to make the draftsight that is essential for me work properly.

  41.   camilo said

    Thank you very much

    1.    peterczech said

      You're welcome 😀

  42.   curuxiera said

    I'm looking and can't find it: Why does the 64-bit Gnome desktop only come for AMD? It is the same for all distributions.

    1.    peterczech said

      It's the same: D. Download the amd64 version ...