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Installing the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) on Debian

Step by step guide and HOWTO

Debian has a democratic governance structure, allowing contributors to influence the project through votes and proposals.

Debian adheres to the Debian Social Contract, emphasizing free software and providing guidelines for maintaining software freedom.

Today we shall install the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) on Debian.

We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.

1. Boot the system -- System Ready.

2. Boot the system -- Logged In.

3. Switch to root

4. Running update

apt-get update

5. Running 'nano /etc/apt/sources.list'

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

6. Running 'nano'

7. Installing base packages

apt install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xfonts-base xinit lightdm git build-essential libxt-dev libxmu-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev libxpm-dev libmotif-common libmotif-dev libxaw7-dev libx11-dev libxss-dev libtirpc-dev x11-xserver-utils libjpeg62-turbo-dev libfreetype6-dev tcl-dev ksh m4 ncompress xfonts-100dpi xfonts-100dpi-transcoded xfonts-75dpi xfonts-75dpi-transcoded rpcbind bison xbitmaps libjpeg-dev libssl-dev x11proto-fonts-dev

8. Installing base packages

9. Running 'git clone http://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code'

git clone http://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code

10. Installing Build packages

apt install build-essential git autoconf automake libtool xorg-dev libxmu-dev libxft-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libxt-dev libmotif-dev libxpm-dev libxaw7-dev libxrender-dev libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev

11. Installing Build packages

12. Installing Build packages

13. Running './autogen.sh'

./autogen.sh

14. Running './autogen.sh'

15. Running './configure'

./configure

16. Running './configure'

17. Running 'make'

make

18. Running 'make'

19. Running 'make'

20. Running 'make install'

make install

21. Running 'make install'

22. Final configuration changes

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/dt/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/dt/lib' >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

echo '/usr/dt/bin/Xsession' > ~/.xsession

chmod +x ~/.xsession

nano /usr/share/xsessions/cde.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Common Desktop Environment
Comment=This session logs you into the Common Desktop Environment
Exec=/usr/dt/bin/Xsession
TryExec=/usr/dt/bin/Xsession
Icon=
Type=Application

chmod +x /usr/dt/bin/Xsession

chmod +x /usr/share/xsessions/cde.desktop

nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[Seat:*]
user-session=cde

systemctl restart lightdm