LXDE is a free open source environment written in C using GTK+ toolkit for Unix and other POSIX platforms. Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) is the default environment for many operating systems such as Knoppix, Raspbian, Lubuntu, and so on.
Configuring the LXDE environment
How to do it...
To configure the LXDE environment follow the given steps:
- We start by using the following command to install LXDE:
apt-get install lxde-core lxde
- Type Y when it asks for confirmation on additional space requirements.
- When the installation is complete we open a Terminal window and type the following command:
update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:
- Choose the option lxsession (in our case 4) and press Enter.
- Log out and log in again and we will see the LXDE environment: