Re: xfce

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (06/11/03 17:24), JG wrote:
> Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes:
> 
> > Cleveland@mail.winnefox.org wrote:
> > > Hi Kent,
> > >
> > >> Not knowing what your level of *nix knowledge is, it's hard to answer
> > >> without being too terse or too simplistic.
> > > I've been using Redhat for about a year now. I know it fairly well, but
> > > I have to admit I'm a bit "gui dependent".
> > >
> > >> You should be able to install tasksel, and then run it, and select "X
> > >> window system" to get a basic system up and running.
> > > I didn't see X window system, but I did see desktop system. I went
> > > ahead
> > > and installed it. Unfortunately, it installed kde and gnome with it. I
> > > didn't see an option to have it not do that. Anyway, after installing I
> > > type "startx" and get this error message:
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xservrc: /usr/bin/X11/X: No such file or
> > > directory
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xservrc: exec: /usr/bin/X11/X: cannot execute:
> > > No such file or directory
> > 
> > I never have quite trusted tasksel . . . .
> > 
> > Okay, do this instead.
> > 
> > "apt-get install xbase-clients xserver-common xserver-xfree86
> > xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi xfonts-scalable" and that should
> > get you a minimal X system going.
> > 
> 
> A shorter line would be:
> 
> $ apt-get install x-window-system-core
> 
> You could also install:
> 
> $ apt-get install x-window-system
> 
> and you obtain xterm, xdm (a graphical login), and some other things in
> addition. 
> 
Whilst the suggestions of wiser souls above will achieve what you want,
I would suggest you look at dselect as a means to see exactly what packages 
are available.  It will also deal with dependencies etc.

Regards

Clive

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