Installing only X

[Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)]

Hello.

Mauro G. Todeschini:

> I like it but now I want to install X (and gnome, and metacity,
> and fonts). I need X and everything an X application may reasonably
> require (fonts), but I don't want what I don't need. So I ask you:
> is there a way (starting from a custom-expert installation) to install
> what I need?

`apt-get install x-window-system` should get you the X, and
`apt-get install gnome` should get you GNOME. You'll have to
apt-get mozilla-firefox separately, but other than this the
dependency system should make all of the hard work.

> I'm quite new to apt, but I see that when I do a "apt-get -s x-window-
> system-core" I get some packages installed, but do I need even the
> suggested and recommended?

x-window-system-core is just the core X; I never installed it diretly,
as x-window-system depends on it (and I don't mind having xterm
installed).

> And is It enough to install only x-window-system-core?

You can try and see. :o)

> Someone has written an howto that explains
> what is usually required in this situation?

IMHO the dependency system should do everything for you. If you want to
be more minimalistic, you can try gnome-desktop-environment instead of
gnome.

> P.S. I prefer to start from a base system and
> add things, than from a full system and remove.

Same here, although I most probably apt-get install ubuntu-desktop in
the end anyway, as I use most of its dependencies and don't mind having
the (small) rest on the disk.

Cheers,
-- Shot
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