*- On 13 Mar, Robert Aisenberg wrote about "HELP INSTALLING X USING DPKG FOR A NEWBIE" > Hi- > I am trying to install X and have posted about 5 messages. I am new > to Linux and Unix (I'm running WIN95) currently I have not done anything > productive with it except get frustrated. I downloaded Debian 2.1 onto a > 80386 with 250 MB of disk space for "/" and a 30 MB swap. I want to get > X running so I downloaded it from XFree86.org there I ran the setup > script and it said something about a.out and that it could not run. So I > tried a dpkg. I downloaded several ".deb" files and every time it said > something about a package list not comple or a broken package or a > dependancy probelem. All of it was greak to me so I came to this list. I > tried dselect but I could not figure that out even after reading the > readme. If someone could tell me how to use dpkg correctly, I've been > using a command like "dpkg -i /dos/floppy/xserve~1.deb", and tell me > what packages to download plus the order in which to install them that > would be great. > > Thanks in advance > -James > >
James, X is not any easy thing, so don't get too frustrated. Also, this don't expect all questions to get answered on this list. It is a very high traffic list and lots of users just skim the subjects, skipping as they see fit. Have you looked at the deselect-beginners guide at ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/dselect-beginner.html ? It might be of some additional help. You will probably need the following to get started. xfree86-common xbase-clients xserver-common xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfs xlib6g xpm4g xterm zlib1g and xserver-{your video cards chipset} , like xserver-mach64 for most ATI cards. If you can not figure out dselect, download all the files to an empty directory and then install them all at once with 'dpkg -i *'. I did not check all the dependcies of the above but I think that should be a complete set. Good luck, -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
