ripcrd6
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Posted: Aug. 18 2004,06:59 |
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| Quote (Grim @ June 21 2004,05:49) | Okay, if you're going to install KDE, games, and all of the other things you guys are looking for, you're going to need a working apt. I wrote a HOWTO, cbagger has a svelte Synaptic install thread, there is information in the forums unless you're too lazy to look for it.
You _must_get_apt_working_first_!
After you get apt working:
apt-get install x-window-system will install a fullblown Xserver. DSL does not come with nor support the full XFree86 or XOrg xservers, so when you do this, you're on your own.
apt-get install kde will install kde and all of it's associated dependancies. Before you install kde, you should seriously consider all of the libs and packages that kde requires to install. Once you decide to install kde, or gnome for that matter, your small, svelte DSL installation is a thing of the past and you are no longer running a DSL distro.
Unless John or Robert say otherwise, if you choose to implement a window manager or DE that doesn't come with DSL, you're on your own. This is why everyone says that DSL may not be right for you. The dev team is so busy keeping up with the default DSL that they may not have time to support every possible user configuration.
You'd have much better support from a distro that provides these apps by default. |
Is it possible to get the full Xserver on DSL (w/ accelerated X in 2D), but not KDE, and then create a remaster? Or do I have to go the route of trying to create a .dsl? I have posted in another thread about needing a full X svr so I can remote into a server's xsession by default.
I could strip Knoppix down, but like the other poster I thought it would be easier to build up from something small.
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