Re: Starting programs in X
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Mike Dresser wrote:
> without installing xbase-clients, I don't have a startx, so I can't use
> [it].
>
> What am I supposed to do?
I make _no_ promises as to whether doing this will actually _install_
startx properly, but try this: remove xbase-clients, then retrieve the
.deb _without_ installing, and then extract startx with something like:
dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile xbase-clients.*.deb | tar xvf - /
./usr/bin/X11/startx
That's all on one line (maybe "/" actually makes it so); substitute the
whole xbase-clients.*.deb filename (unless token expansion works in this
context, which I don't know and will let you try :); the 'v' in 'xvf' is
just so you can see what's happening - try 'tvf' first to see what _would_
happen if you use 'x'.
As I say, no promises, but I'd be interested to know if it works.
Patrick
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Patrick Wiseman
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