On Sun, 22 Jun 2014, Bzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:31:50 -0400 Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:1) Am I correct that Debian's LXDE package installs lightdm?This is a recommend not a dependency.2) Does that come from the LXDE project, or is it a Debian thing?I'd say a Debian thing.3) Is there a way to turn off LXDE's install of lightdm?Yep, uncheck it before installation (I use dselect & synaptic, so it may be easier than with other pkg managers).
if you use apt-get, see the man page and, in particular, the --no-install-recommends option. -wes