# Debian Buster install budgie-desktop

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 8, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242 "2019-07-08T08:29:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![recent-convert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@recent-convert](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/recent-convert)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242/1 "2019-07-08T08:29:42Z")

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Hi there,

I’ve tried to install budgie-desktop on debian buster.

It seemed reasonable to not install a desktop but do it from the base install.

From this link, it all makes sense too.

> **[Budgie Desktop v10.4 released for Debian and Ubuntu](https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2017/08/28/budgie-desktop-v10-4-released-for-debian-and-ubuntu)**
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> Its my pleasure to announce the release of the latest Budgie Desktop for both Debian and Ubuntu users.
> The release is for:
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> Debian unstable
> Debian Bu...

The one question is, who does one launch into budgie-desktop then?

If I try the ‘budgie-desktop’ from cmd line, it happily reports:  
/usr/bin/gnome-session: 16: /usr/bin/gnome-session: gsettings: not found  
terminated.

It could be made easier?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242/2 "2019-07-08T09:46:14Z")

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if you are doing a base install you need to understand the additional items required that are not budgie-desktop related.

i.e. what desktop manager do you want to use (slick-greeter?, lightdm-gtk, gdm3?).

I’m sure there are other aspects as well you would need to work through. Again, this is not stuff related to budgie-desktop itself.

Hence this is why distro’s such as Ubuntu Budgie exist - to integrate stuff for you.

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**Author:** ![recent-convert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@recent-convert](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/recent-convert)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242/3 "2019-07-08T11:05:15Z")

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yes, exactly, my comments on the link ‘budgie desktop 10.4 released’ is that a useful set of dependencies can be listed before ‘apt-get install budgie-desktop’ - as a caveat to those wanting to try to have control over things which are installed over time.

What I did not want from all these debian desktops are all the libre stuff and ‘wrong’ terminals.

So, I will keep looking. The ethical issue I am dealing with is that I prefer not to use ubuntu despite the convenience, and I really liked ubuntu budgie.

If I make progress I will make some process post.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242/4 "2019-07-08T11:08:48Z")

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> [@recent-convert](#):
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> link is perhaps a useful set of dependencies can be listed

That’s the point I was making - stuff like your login manager aren’t dependencies. You use whatever you need depending upon your starting point.

> [@recent-convert](#):
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> If I make progress I will make some process post.

Thanks - that will help others out as well.

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**Author:** ![recent-convert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@recent-convert](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/recent-convert)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/debian-buster-install-budgie-desktop/2242/5 "2019-07-08T20:01:31Z")

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The easy way is:

Install debian with Cinnamon, for example, apt-get install budgie-desktop, apt-get remove cinnamon-desktop, left with debian 10 and budgie desktop with a few programs (and x11 session).

No desktop proved too time consuming today.

Thanks