Re: installing X with apt-get

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Fri 31 Dec 2010 at 19:49:40 +0100, Attila Csosz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to install a minimal X window system with 'apt-get install', with a
> simple window manager (for example icewm). How to do that?
> I tried "apt-get install xserver-xorg xbase-clients xinit" but still have a
> font problem (X exiting)
> What is the simplest command for later use?

I did something similar recently but without a window manager:

apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-geode

then

apt-get install xinit

followed by installing an X terminal-emulator. You will want something
other than the geode server.