about installing lxde (which xserver)
I've recently done a tremendous amount of removing and purging. I
wanted rid of kde and finally to install lxde. And threw into the
bargain moving from testing to stable.
There is plenty of howto available for installing lxde, but I'm a bit
puzzled by the output of `aptitude -s install lxde'
It shows quite a herd of stuff to be installed:
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| The following NEW packages will be installed:
| arj{a} fuse-utils{ab} gksu{a} gpicview{a} gvfs{a} gvfs-backends{a}
| gvfs-fuse{a} hal{a} hal-info{a} leafpad{a} libdrm-nouveau1{a}
| libfm-gtk0{a} libfm0{a}
| libgksu2-0{a} libhal-storage1{a} libimobiledevice1{a}
| libmenu-cache1{a} libnotify1{a} librpm1{ab} librpmbuild1{a}
| librpmio1{a} libxcb-atom1{a}
| libxcb-aux0{a} libxmmsclient-glib1{a} libxmmsclient6{a}
| lxappearance{a} lxde lxde-common{a} lxde-core{a} lxde-icon-theme{a}
| lxinput{a} lxmenu-data{a}
| lxmusic{a} lxpanel{a} lxrandr{a} lxsession{a} lxsession-edit{a}
| lxshortcut{a} lxterminal{a} menu-xdg{a} openbox{a} openbox-themes{a}
| pcmanfm{a} rpm{ab}
| x11-utils{a} x11-xserver-utils{a} xarchiver{a} xauth{a} xdg-utils{a}
| xfonts-base{a} xfonts-encodings{a} xfonts-utils{a} xli{a}
| xmms2-core{a}
| xmms2-plugin-alsa{a} xmms2-plugin-id3v2{a} xmms2-plugin-mad{a}
| xmms2-plugin-vorbis{a} xscreensaver{a} xscreensaver-data{a}
| xserver-common{a}
| xserver-xorg{a} xserver-xorg-core{a} xserver-xorg-input-all{a}
| xserver-xorg-input-evdev{a} xserver-xorg-input-synaptics{a}
| xserver-xorg-input-wacom{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-all{a} xserver-xorg-video-apm{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-ark{a} xserver-xorg-video-ati{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-chips{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-cirrus{a} xserver-xorg-video-fbdev{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-geode{a} xserver-xorg-video-i128{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-i740{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-intel{a} xserver-xorg-video-mach64{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-mga{a} xserver-xorg-video-neomagic{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-nouveau{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-nv{a} xserver-xorg-video-openchrome{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-r128{a} xserver-xorg-video-radeon{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-rendition{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-s3{a} xserver-xorg-video-s3virge{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-savage{a} xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-sis{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-sisusb{a} xserver-xorg-video-tdfx{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-trident{a} xserver-xorg-video-tseng{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-vesa{a}
| xserver-xorg-video-vmware{a} xserver-xorg-video-voodoo{a}
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Note the nest of xservers involved.
I seem to recall there being some way to put a bit of constraint on
what xserver gets installed but my pea brain has lost track of it.
To an experienced debian user:
Does this list look a little ridiculous?
How might I give the installer a clue about which xserver to install?
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