Re: Installing XFree86
On Saturday 03 November 2001 12:24, John Purser wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a basic Debian Woody installation on a Pentium III 550 with 196
> megs of ram. I'd like to install the X windowing system. I've looked over
> the packages available with names like x-window-system and
> x-window-system-core, and xfree86-common and I have no idea where to start.
> None of it seems to match the documentation from www.xfree86.org and I
> haven't found Debian specific installation/configuration instructions.
>
> Would someone either post a summary of the steps involved or point me to a
> HOW-TO that shows how to install this the debian way?
>
You might want to give 'tasksel' a try... if you go to the very bottom of the
list it gives you the option to install the entire X window system. I believe
that's what I used to install it on a basic Woody system like yours (I
installed a basic potato and then upgraded that to Woody).
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