On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:56:41PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/11/07, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote: > >On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:42:31PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > >> Even though I do not need to install X on my new Etch console system, > >> I would like to know how do you install X, is there some new way. > >> > >> How to install a minimal X so that if I need to run some remove X > >> apps, I can, with ssh. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Deboo > >Debian has an X metapackage called 'xorg' > >'apt-cache show xorg' will show all the dependencies for xorg. > >'apt-get install xorg' will install it. > >But you may want to investigate some non-X framebuffer apps like fbxine. > >It will display movies like xine but without X using a framebuffer. > >There are other fb programs. > > And how much space does a minimal xorg take? If you actually type in the command 'apt-get install xorg' it will tell you how much space it takes when it asks you for sure whether to install it or not. A
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