Re: GNUstep app fails on Ubuntu 16

[Svetlana]

Hi Andreas

Andreas Höschler <ahoesch@smartsoft.de> написал(а):
> Hi Svetlana,
> 
> > I use GNUstep on the latest stable of Debian. Haven't compiled it 
> > previously, but here is a few uneducated guesses:
> > 
> > Personally I would start from scratch, but not install ubuntu-desktop. This 
> > draws their Desktop Environment which Ubuntu uses by default (unity or 
> > gnome or something else that I don't remember). Would this be a possibility?
> 
> I could start from scratch. But I need to install something that gives 
> me a GUI login. I started with the Ubuntu server install. This got me a 
> text login only. I then did 
> 
>       apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
>       apt-get install wmaker
> 
> and chose Window Maker before logging in. I could remove ubuntu-desktop 
> from the system but I guess this gets me back to a text login!?

There is wdm for gui login, without installing ubuntu-desktop. 

I think others asked why your Ubuntu version is so old. Is there a reason for 
it?

Regards,
Svetlana