Re: no xorg

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:18:15AM +0200, sp113438 wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:36:37 -0700
> Patrick Bartek <bartek047@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > I did a fresh minimal install of wheezy
> > > I could not add xorg afterwards.
> > > I am not going to install bla bla bla
> > > 
> > > So I had to reinstall wheezy with desktop from tasksel
> > > 
> > > That did the job
> > 
> > I started my Wheezy as a minimal install, too.  But ...
> > 
> > Did you set up the Debian repositories?
> > 
> > After which, did you do an "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade"?
> > 
> > Then, "apt-get install xserver-xorg-core" and "apt-get install xinit"?
> > 
> > Then install whatever GUI metapackage you want?  For example: "apt-get
> > install xfce4"  will install xfce4. Or "apt-get install gnome". Or
> > "apt-get install lxde".
> > 
> > Always read the manual first. I do.  You'll have a lot less problems.
> > 
> > B
> > 
> > 
> > 
> I did not do:
> apt-get install xserver-xorg-core and apt-get install xinit
> 
> I was thinking 
> apt-get install fluxbox would do the job

The reason that didn't work is because you don't need a local X
display to run fluxbox on a machine. It can make sense, and is
therefore allowed, to install X software on a machine that can't
display it.

In order to get a local X display, install xserver-xorg-FOO as
appropriate.

-dsr-