Re: Installing XFree86

[Akintayo Holder <akintayo@acm.org>]

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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Purser
This falls under bad habit. But whenever I have to install something big e.g. KDE I install a 

program that requires it and let dselect resolve the dependencies.



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