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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Installing Xfce? Post 302070099 by riwa on Friday 31st of March 2006 11:55:20 AM
Old 03-31-2006
Installing Xfce?
I'm running Debian and doesn't really like gnome nor KDE and read about this XFce that ought to be a more simple X which is exactly what I'm looking for. So I re-installed the bare minimums of Debian and here I am, with nothing but Links/Lynx vim and apt-get (lovely isn't it?) trying to configure Xfce4.

First I tried to just 'apt-get' it and run it but it asks for a desktop manager. So I download XDM and try to run it. It asks for "/etc/X11/X" which I don't have. I configured the file to ask for "/etc/Xfce4/startxfce4" instead but it doesn't work neither.

Anyone experienced in the subject that could guide me through the process?

Regards
Richard
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

nmapsi4

nmapsi4(1)						      General Commands Manual							nmapsi4(1)

NAME

       nmapsi4 - A Qt4 interface for nmap

SYNOPSIS

       nmapsi4 [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [File]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual page documents briefly the nmapsi4 QT Application.	This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because
       the original program does not have a manual page.

       nmapsi4 is a full-featured interface for the nmap(1) security network scanner.

OPTIONS

   Arguments:
       File(s)
	      file(s) to open

   General Options
       --help Show help about options

       --help-qt
	      Show Qt specific options

       --help-kde
	      Show KDE specific options

       --help-all
	      Show all options

       --author
	      Show author information

       -v, --version
	      Show version information

       --license
	      Show license information

       --     End of options
	      This manual page was prepared by Francesco Cecconi <francesco.cecconi@gmail.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
	      others).

SEE ALSO

       If the khelpcenter program is properly installed at your site, the command

	      khelpcenter help:/nmapsi4

       should give you access to the complete manual.

       Alternatively the manual can be browsed in konqueror giving it the URL help:/nmapsi4

QT Application							  April 25, 2007							nmapsi4(1)
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