On 29/01/13 08:53, Greg Madden wrote:
> On Monday 28 January 2013 11:25:27 pm you wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I would like to install TDE on Debian Squeeze but i want only the
>> minimal not games , educations , videos .
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Jean
>
> I use the 'kdebase-trinity' meta-package to start my installs of TDE on
> Debian . I  then just add apps I want.
>

That's for sure the best start. I prefer to do this at console (X closed)

What can be done then is feed a line-separated package list to apt like 
this:

for i in $( cat /path/to/package_list ); do apt -get -y --force-yes 
install $i; done

A package list example used here (edit to suit):

amarok-trinity
ark-trinity
gtk-qt-engine-trinity
gwenview-trinity
k3b-data-trinity
k3b-trinity
kaddressbook-trinity
kaffeine-trinity
karm-trinity
kate-plugins-trinity
kcalc-trinity
kcoloredit-trinity
kcron-trinity
kde-i18n-engb-trinity
kde-i18n-es-trinity
kde-style-qtcurve-trinity
kdeartwork-emoticons-trinity
kdeartwork-misc-trinity
kdeartwork-style-trinity
kdeartwork-theme-icon-trinity
kdeartwork-theme-window-trinity
kdeartwork-trinity
kdebase-kio-plugins-trinity
kdebase-trinity
kdelibs-data-trinity
kdf-trinity
kdiff3-trinity
kdirstat-trinity
kdm-trinity
kget-trinity
kghostview-trinity
kicker-applets-trinity
kio-locate-trinity
kipi-plugins-trinity
kmix-trinity
knemo-trinity
knotes-trinity
konq-plugins-trinity
konqueror-trinity
konversation-trinity
kooka-trinity
korganizer-trinity
kpdf-trinity
kpowersave-trinity
kregexpeditor-trinity
kscreensaver-trinity
kscreensaver-xsavers-trinity
ksnapshot-trinity
ksplash-engine-moodin-trinity
ksvg-trinity
ktorrent-trinity
kuser-trinity
kwin-style-crystal-trinity
libkcddb1-trinity
libtqt3-integration-trinity
soundkonverter-trinity