(I had to do some manual attribution-fiddling; I hope I put all the
right words in the right people's mouths.)
* Levi Waldron (ledawa@softhome.net) [021122 11:28]:
> On November 22, 2002 11:05 am, Doug MacFarlane wrote:
> > * M.Wegmann (m.wegmann@web.de) [021122 16:29]:
> > > Try "apt-get install x-window-system"
> >
> > Kent, I assume that's the equivalent of running tasksel and selecting
> > X-Windows?
>
> No, tasksel X-Windows gives you an assortment of window-managers, desktops,
> and stuff. apt-get install x-window-system just gives you:
>
> Depends: x-window-system-core, lbxproxy, proxymngr, twm, xdm, xfs, xfwp,
> xnest, xprt, xspecs, xterm, xvfb
Looking at /usr/share/tasksel/debian-tasks.desc, it looks like selecting
the basic-desktop task ("X window system") does precisely select
x-window-system for installation. I'd bet the other stuff that gets
installed is because of cascaded "Suggests:" lines which apt-get ignores.
good times,
Vineet
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