Re: no x version
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:33:46AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 08:40:12PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote:
> > i am wondering if anyone has found or created a
> > terminal only version of debian (similar to the slax
> > frodo) or if such a thing could be installed from the
> > net install. let's just say that it is for special
> > purposes though i would like to have things like lynx,
> > finch, ircii, mpc, and so forth
>
> What you describe here is possible as others pointed out. Just avoid
> desktop install and stay with small base system with vim, mc, ...
>
> But what the title of mail say "no x", that is difficult. There will be
> some X client libraries: libx11-6, libxaw7, libxext6, libxext6, libxmu6,
> libxpm4, libxt6 which are small and OK to have. The manpages (man-db)
> require groff and groff require these.
Why is that?
Doug.
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