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T1t0: /* Suspend (lid close/idle actions) */

2026-03-17T19:33:09Z

Suspend (lid close/idle actions)

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	TO DEFINE, see again [[PowerManager]]'		TO DEFINE, see again [[PowerManager]]'

			Note: it appears that you need to use polkitd
			<pre>
			apt-get install polkitd
			</pre>

			otherwise, you can have the following error:
			<pre>
			$ systemctl suspend
			Failed to execute /usr/bin/pkttyagent: No such file or directory
			Call to Suspend failed: Access denied
			</pre>

	=== Setup a Graphical Environment ===		=== Setup a Graphical Environment ===

2026-01-10T17:24:38Z

Wifi connection

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	ifup wlXXXN		ifup wlXXXN
	</pre>		</pre>

			see also https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Using_ifupdown_and_wpasupplicant

	It works well, but you may have some difficult to easily change wifi network if needed. In case you prefer, while having the same internet connection configured during installation, you can install NetworkManage and configure it to manage your wifi interfaces:		It works well, but you may have some difficult to easily change wifi network if needed. In case you prefer, while having the same internet connection configured during installation, you can install NetworkManage and configure it to manage your wifi interfaces:

2026-01-09T23:44:11Z

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	wpa-ssid XXXX		wpa-ssid XXXX
	wpa-psk XXXX		wpa-psk XXXX
			</pre>

			If you have no wifi network at all (e.g. no network working during debian install), you can check existing intefaces with
			<pre>
			ip link
			</pre>

			than verify that you have the packages iproute2 and wpasupplicant installed and you can manually add the previous lines in /etc/network/interfaces and then start the wifi manually with
			<pre>
			ip link set wlXXXN up
			ifup wlXXXN
	</pre>		</pre>

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	* TODO [to improve]: remove additional stuffs		* TODO [to improve]: remove additional stuffs
	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get autoremove --purge desktop-base+ task-desktop+ gnome-software+ firefox\* libreoffice\* gdm\* evolution\* gnome-control-center gnome-settings-daemon gnome-terminal gnome-keyring		apt-get autoremove --purge desktop-base+ libreoffice\* gdm\* evolution\* gnome-control-center gnome-settings-daemon gnome-terminal gnome-keyring
	</pre>		</pre>

2025-09-29T23:19:03Z

Install useful packages

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	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get install arandr audacious brightnessctl conky-std eog evince feh ffmpeg file-roller firefox-esr geany gimp imagemagick alsa-utils scrot spacefm claws-mail xine-ui xterm		apt-get install arandr audacious brightnessctl conky-std eog evince feh ffmpeg file-roller firefox-esr geany gimp imagemagick alsa-utils scrot spacefm claws-mail xine-ui xterm
	~~</pre>~~

	* Add a minimal libreoffice packages [optional]
	~~<pre>~~
	~~apt-get install libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw~~
	</pre>		</pre>

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	systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse		systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse
	</pre>		</pre>

			* Add a minimal libreoffice packages [optional]

			See [[LibreOffice_(Application)]]

	[[Category:unix]]		[[Category:unix]]
	[[Category:linux]]		[[Category:linux]]
	[[Category:debian]]		[[Category:debian]]

2025-09-29T23:12:42Z

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 Note: if you use Cryptsetup for your /home partition, you will need to mount it manually, in the old fashion tty console, at each boot before to login as a common user to use the system.
 === Setup a Graphical Environment ===
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 * Add base packages
 <pre>
-apt-get install bash binutils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates curl dialog dnsutils findutils iptables iputils-ping kmod less locales lsof man mount mutt ncal netcat-traditional nmap telnet tzdata util-linux
+apt-get install bash bc binutils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates curl dialog dnsutils findutils iptables iputils-ping kmod less locales lsof man mount mutt ncal netcat-traditional nmap telnet tzdata util-linux
 </pre>

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	* Configure an internet APT repository		* Configure an internet APT repository

	~~example of cat~~ /etc/apt/sources.list		edit /etc/apt/sources.list, ensure to have '''main''' '''contrib''' and '''non-free''', example:

	<pre>		<pre>
	deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free		deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
	</pre>		</pre>

			for a complete example see [[Debian_backports]]

	* Update the package list		* Update the package list

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2025-06-17T22:05:48Z

Install basic packages

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	* base packages		* base packages
	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get install bash binutils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates curl dialog dnsutils findutils ~~install~~ iptables iputils-ping kmod less locales lsof man mount mutt ncal netcat-traditional nmap telnet tzdata util-linux		apt-get install bash binutils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates curl dialog dnsutils findutils iptables iputils-ping kmod less locales lsof man mount mutt ncal netcat-traditional nmap telnet tzdata util-linux
	</pre>		</pre>

2025-06-17T22:01:03Z

Install basic packages

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	* minimal packages		* minimal packages
	<pre>		<pre>
	apt apt-utils base-files base-passwd coreutils dash debconf dpkg grep gzip hostname libc6 libc-bin nano passwd procps psmisc readline-common sed sysvinit-utils tar		apt-get install apt apt-utils base-files base-passwd coreutils dash debconf dpkg grep gzip hostname libc6 libc-bin nano passwd procps psmisc readline-common sed sysvinit-utils tar
	</pre>		</pre>

	* base packages		* base packages
	<pre>		<pre>
	bash binutils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates curl dialog dnsutils findutils install iptables iputils-ping kmod less locales lsof man mount mutt ncal netcat-traditional nmap telnet tzdata util-linux		apt-get install bash binutils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates curl dialog dnsutils findutils install iptables iputils-ping kmod less locales lsof man mount mutt ncal netcat-traditional nmap telnet tzdata util-linux
	</pre>		</pre>