Help installing fluxbox 1

[jshurst]

I'm pretty new to linux and here's what I'm trying to do. I just bought a cheap computer to play around with (PII, 256 MB ram). I can get a server installation of ubuntu to install, and I would like to run fluxbox on it. Can someone help me to get this going.

I think I need to be able to download the tarball and install it. Is the x window system already installed with ubuntu server? Maybe someone could help me out here, step by step.

Thanks.

P.S. I've tried to install the whole ubuntu installation (and kubuntu) but can't get through with it, so I've kinda given up on that.

Thanks in advance.

J

 

[rzs0502]

Check out this link

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=116759

Hope it helps...


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[jshurst]

Thanks, that is the guide that I'm using, however, since I only have the server installation I'm having a hard time following.

1) I'm not so sure that the x-window system is installed (or a window manager).
2) How do I download Fluxbox from the command line (alternatively I could move it from a usb drive to the computer, but I don't know how to use a command line editor to correctly edit fstab - to recognize sda1).

 

[jshurst]

Well, I've decided that I don't need a GUI anyway. I should be able to do everything from the command line (hopefully ;-).

Thanks anyway.

 

[pansophic]

Frequently X-windows is not installed in a server configuration because it consumes large amounts of resources that are simply not needed if you are running a server. Desktops are for workstations.

However you have a few choices. One is that you can reinstall using the workstation install, and just add the applications that you wanted the server to run. Another is that you could install all of the RPMs (or is ubuntu Debian based? In that case you'd need to use apt-get) associated with X-windows. A third is to install Cygwin on your windows workstation and use the X-server available under Cygwin to allow you to SSH into the server and redirect X apps back to your Windows desktop.

Using X-windows will certainly make your learning curve shallower, but you will understand a lot more if you use the command line, provided you don't lose interest or get too frustrated.


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[stefanwagner]

Ubuntu is debian-based.

Perhaps

apt-get install fluxbox

will do the trick.

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[jstreich]

apt-get is behind synaptic and aptitude...

Stefanwanger is right, you should just be able to:

apt-get install fluxbox

You may have to modify /etc/X11/XF86Config, /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or /etc/X11/xorg.conf to set up display(s) depending on what you're running.

Also, of intrest is ~/.xsession, ~/.xinit and/or ~/.fluxbox . I like flux for a lightweight window manager.

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[jshurst]

Thanks. The reason I didn't use apt-get was because I read that the repositories weren't up to date and I would be getting an older version (which supposedly ran alot slower).

Thanks, if I find that I need a GUI environment, then I'll give it a try.