gnome from scratch

**FeFeron** · April 6th, 2012

hi,
I was looking on the internet and I nothing found what is really needed for a basic installation of Gnome classic ...

1. i installed basic from mini.iso (no software selection at end)
2. from commandline i trying install gnome
3. i try this "sudo apt-get install -y gdm gnome-shell gnome-session-fallback"

is this proper minimal what i need?

and second question... what i need for make changes on toolbar (remove, transparency, position, size ...) because no panel properties with this installation
for example, I do not need two toolbars

thanX

**zvacet** · April 8th, 2012

I don´ know answer for first one,but you can change things on panel by right click on panel>settings ( or something similar I don´ use English version).

**jerrrys** · April 9th, 2012

Gnome shell and classic are two different desktops.

For just a basic gnome classic install enter in terminal:

sudo apt-get install lightdm gnome-session-fallback gnome-terminal synaptic

This gives you a very basic desktop with package management.

If thats too basic you can take it up a notch with:

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop

http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ubuntu-desktop