
If you do the normal procedure for installing then moving to unstable, you'll have a mess of dependencies waiting to thwart your triumphant booting of GNOME 3. Here's the short version of how I got beyond the issues and got a Debian sid install working.
The Problem: All the applications that use libc6 won't work after you update this critical library.
My Solution: These are the steps I followed to fix this issue:
1- The initial install should NOT include the Desktop Environment! (Just install the console-mode OS - we'll fix this later!)
2- Once that's finished, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to read like this:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib
(You can choose another mirror, if there's something closer to your locale.)
3- Run the command:
# apt-get update
4- This step will fix the installer and the dependencies for getting over the libc6 / gcc hump:
# apt-get install apt
5- This will finish updating your OS to sid:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
6- Once this is done, I installed my precious GNOME 3 and a few extras:
# apt-get install gnome gnome-shell synaptic libreoffice
7- reboot into your GNOME 3 system. (GNOME 2 is available at the Login screen under the gear icon, should you want that.)
# reboot
After this, there was a stall when X Windows fired up the first time. I think it was making a stab at writing a config file. If it doesn't give you a desktop in about a minute, force-reboot using your PC's power switch. (That's what I did - there's nothing on your shiny new machine for you to backup anyway.)
Hope this helps!
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