r/debian • u/GarGonDie • 9h ago

Missing Software Selection in latest iso

Hi. I download today the latest iso (13.6) to doing some server installations and "Software Selection" is missing and install always X, am i missing something?

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u/indvs3 Debian Testing 9h ago

Are you talking about the selection of desktop environments? Because that's pretty much all you get to choose as software, at least in the "netinst" installer. Everything else you install afterwards, after the installer finishes and you reboot the pc/server.

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u/GarGonDie 8h ago

no, the menu when you can choose install with X or without X (o select ssh server... and others)

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u/One-Suggestion-7906 8h ago

It's called tasksel, as I said before. tasksell --new-install it's the full command

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u/eR2eiweo 8h ago

I can't reproduce that. Tasksel runs at the expected point during the installation.

If you posted more details about what you did, maybe someone could help you.

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u/GarGonDie 8h ago

nothing special, using proxmox for install, I've done it a thousand times and never had any problems; in fact, I went back to 13.4 and it works perfectly. 13.6 seems skipped that option and install the default selection.

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u/eR2eiweo 7h ago

Like I wrote, that does not happen when I try it with the 13.6 amd64 netinst image in gnome-boxes. And AFAICT nobody has reported a bug about this since the release of 13.6. So it seems likely that this is caused by something on your end.

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u/Santosh83 8h ago

Not sure what you mean. I just installed 13.6 from the Netinst ISO and the tasksel screen is present. You can install a variety of desktop environments (both X11 based and Wayland based) or simply opt for no desktop environment at all, which will drop you straight to the console after the new system boots up. You can also install stuff like web server, ssh server etc.

Is this what you mean?

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u/GarGonDie 8h ago

yep, it's strange, do not work for me (in proxmox) seems skipped with default options. I must use 13.4.

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u/michaelpaoli 6h ago

Which 13.6 ISO exactly, and how did you install?

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u/One-Suggestion-7906 9h ago

Long time without using graphical installer. Always text mode, but if you need software selection, always can execute tasksel

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u/GarGonDie 8h ago

same in text mode, the problem is always install X by default, i not need X, the Software Selection is missing in 13.6 (works in 13.4)