Re: no x version
On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 05:11:42PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> 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?
Because it is small memory foot print which groff maintaner thought OK.
See groff(1) under -X option. Thos command serves as X client thus
required X library. If you create patch to dynamically load library if
it exists, this dependency may be remeved. But currently, iy is not the
case as I see it,
Osamu
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