PCLinuxOS-Forums
News: ...FLASH!!! ...New PCLinuxOS Testing board now open. Register today! Be an active contributor to the PCLinuxOS future! ... Read all about it now, on THIS forum!!!..
 
Home Help Search Login Register
*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. May 27, 2012, 03:55:29 AM


Login with username, password and session length


Main
PCLinuxOS-Forums > Help > Hard Drive Installation > switching from one PCLinuxOS Desktop installation to another
Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: switching from one PCLinuxOS Desktop installation to another  (Read 475 times)
v_andal
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Posts: 16
« on: December 29, 2010, 08:25:22 AM »
PCLinuxOS is distributed with different Desktop editions. I've installed one and thinking about switching to another one. Obviously complete re-installation seems to be an overkill. Probably the switch can be done by changing repositories and doing update. I guess it should be even possible to have more than 1 Desktop installed (ie. Gnome Desktop and XFCE Desktop) and different users could use different one.

So, I'm searching for information on how to do it. Appreciate any advices.
Logged
menotu
PCLinuxOS Tester
Super Villain
*******
Offline Offline

Posts: 11986

┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 08:37:30 AM »
Hi v_andal - the same repos service all versions of PCLinuxOS

And yup, you can install other desktops.  Open Synaptic and select the Custom icon (at the bottom) and you'll see things like

task-lxde (for installing lxde )

task-xfce  (for installing xfce )

etc etc

Now when you login you can choose which DE to use
Logged
If you can keep you head while all around you are losing theirs, then you have misunderstood the situation.

PCLinuxOS 32bit & 64bit; 3.2.17bfs kernel, KDE 4.8.3; nvidia 295.53, Athlon 64 X2 4200+; 4GB Ram; NVidia GeForce 8400GS 1GB; x.org 1.10.4 ; 500GB/320GB
Taelti
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 669
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2010, 08:40:00 AM »


Menotu, you are too fast Cheesy Cheesy.....anyway, wish v_andal success and both of you a beautiful coming new year.  Wink
Logged
wayne1932
PCLinuxOS Tester
Hero Member
*******
Offline Offline

Posts: 1011
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2010, 10:20:31 AM »
Someone else jump in here if this is not the general happening.   I have had different DE's and I also have auto login enabled.   The machine will come up in the DE last used. So if you have auto login enabled you may have to log out, and then choose session type to get to another DE.
Logged
If it ain't broke, DON'T fix it!  If ya cain't fix it, ya gotta stand it.  If ya cain't stand it..............Visit the forum and search.
aguila
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 935


soaring high = no Windows here :-D
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2010, 11:02:23 AM »
Quote from: wayne1932 on December 29, 2010, 10:20:31 AM
Someone else jump in here if this is not the general happening.   I have had different DE's and I also have auto login enabled.   The machine will come up in the DE last used. So if you have auto login enabled you may have to log out, and then choose session type to get to another DE.

Hi wayne1932,

just to reassure you, that's the correct way with autologin.
Logged
All that is is good. PCLinuxOS is.

Thinkpad X61 Tablet, Core2Duo 1.66 MHz, 4 GB Ram, Intel onboard Graphics, 160 GB HDD; Thinkpad R61i, Core2Duo 1.66 MHz, 2 GB Ram, Intel onboard graphics, 120 GB HDD
v_andal
Jr. Member
**
Offline Offline

Posts: 16
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2010, 03:08:51 AM »
Perfect. Thank you!

I'm surprised though, that the task-lxde package is not marked as installed, even though originally I've installed this Desktop.
Logged
uncleV
Guest
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2010, 03:26:50 AM »
Quote from: v_andal on December 30, 2010, 03:08:51 AM
Perfect. Thank you!

I'm surprised though, that the task-lxde package is not marked as installed, even though originally I've installed this Desktop.
Those packages task-<DE> are meant for additional install along with the originally installed DE. So you don't want to have installed LXDE together with LXDE huh? Wink
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2011, Simple Machines

Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! Dilber MC Theme by HarzeM