Re: Possible error on https://wiki.debian.org/Mate

On 12/7/2016 8:15 PM, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> Under the heading
>>    To install MATE, do the following:
>>       MATE just core
>> it states:
>> "apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core"
>>
>> When I installed Jessie I found it necessary to include xorg.
>> [The wiki page had said "If no graphical environment was present before, you
>> will also need to install a display manager such as GDM or LightDM.]
>
> I've made a couple of edits to make it clearer.
>

Thank you for a prompt response.
I'm not sure if it solves MY underlying "problem".
But it gives me pointers to assist me in better stating my "problem".
I've a gut feeling that logically mate-desktop-environment-core 
should have a dependency on something providing an X11 server. I 
did not find a satisfactory answer manually examining pages from 
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/... . I don't have a machine 
on which to experiment with install until early next week.