I would like to set up a minimal environment with apt-get then selectively install packages one at a time.
My understanding is that this is basically what the Debian installer does. Is this understanding accurate? If so, is it possible to have the installer (or some other program the installer uses) install only the bare minimum necessary to run apt-get?
I'm attempting to install 12.04 LTS Desktop on an old (circa 2005) Sony laptop computer (Pentium III, 512MB RAM, 120GB HDD, Intel 1400x1050 video, wired ethernet connection to internet) that doesn't support booting from USB nor from burned DVDs (only from burned CDs or DVD-ROMs). The full 12.04 Desktop ISO image is too big to burn to a CD-R, and a DVD-R is not an option.
I have installed squeeze 6.0.0 as a base install from: Network install from a minimal CD.
Debian -- Network install from a minimal CD
i do see a lot of information on the various #apt commands , yet is is all garble goop as far as trying to make sense of where to begin at to install commands/programs.
Following this question I have have installed a minimal Ubuntu system on my computer.
I want to install the minimum packages possible the cleanest xfce desktop possible.
What are the minimal packages possible necessary to run a working minimal xubuntu desktop and how do I install them?
Do I need a login manager to run the desktop when I am done installing?
Hi,
yesterday I've tried to install Cinnamon desktop on top of the Minimal F17.
Obviously, I didn't succeed.
I've installed X Window and Cinnamon, rebooted and tried 'startx': xauth kept saying that serverauth config is missing.
Am I doing something wrong?
P.S. I don't want any Gnome stuff, only Cinnamon.
I notice after playing around that you can use any kind of distribution and only install neassery pakages ... with out window manager or other cosmetics.
Like Ubuntu ...
I use CentOS as a host for VMWare virtual machines. I like the CentOS install to be as minimal as possible. However, if I try to remove stuff I don't want at the install stage, the install inv... [by nikkilocke]
I've been using Fedora off and on for a while now, but I've never tried a minimal installation before. I used the DVD, selected minimal, created a user, installed Xorg and Xfce and lightdm but lightdm doesn't start at boot. How can I get it to? I've done minimal installs a bunch of times on Arch Linux, but unlike Arch there isn't a whole lot of documentation or guides for Fedora.
Folks,
I have created a system with Minimal Ubuntu + Openbox. Now, I am trying to understand what I need to do to get DVDs and external USB drives to be automatically mounted.
Searching the net, I came across multiple solutions.
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