Re: Installing XFree86

[Martin Kacerovsky <wizard@matfyz.cz>]

> 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?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John Purser
> 
> 
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You should have these packages installed:
xfree86-common
xserver-common
xserver-xfree86
xfonts-base
xfonts-75dpi
xfonts-100dpi
xlibs
xlib6g
xterm

and some optional:
some window manager (afterstep,fvwm,....)
xviddetect
xutils

...and maybe some others i forgot but if you will use dselect all dependencies will be automativaly solved...

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I am Martin Kacerovsky, student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics 
at the Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in Europe, 
on Earth, in the Universe where Linux operating system rules...