Re: starting X

[Jason Pepas <j.pepas@mail.utexas.edu>]

On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:40 pm, sean finney wrote:
> hey nori,
>
> hope your computer has thawed off a bit :)
>
> anyways, iirc this is provided by xserver-xfree86.  the easy way to
> make sure you have everything installed that you need for x is to
> run tasksel and check the box for x windows.
>

currently, tasksel seems to just install x-window-system.

I assume by your methodology that you are more interested in initally going 
with a minimal install, so try

apt-cache show x-window-system
apt-cache show x-window-system-core

then pick one and apt-get install it.

-jason pepas