On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 04:00:39PM -0500, stan wrote: > I'm installing on a sysem with a relativly small hard disk, so I'm trying > to avoid as many unecessary packages as posible. > > I'm using gdm for my display maanger, and I went to dlete xdm in dselect, > and it toldthe that the "x-window-system" package depended on it. I can see > "recomends", but depends?
x-window-system is a virtual package to facilitate installation. I'm pretty sure you can remove it. -troy $ apt-cache show x-window-system Package: x-window-system Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 116 Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Source: xfree86 Version: 4.2.1-6 Depends: x-window-system-core, lbxproxy, proxymngr, twm, xdm, xfs, xfwp, xnest, xprt, xspecs, xterm, xvfb Filename: pool/main/x/xfree86/x-window-system_4.2.1-6_all.deb Size: 68822 MD5sum: 087ac3a9749fcac66f0397e284c9dabf Description: X Window System This metapackage provides substantially all the components of the X Window System as developed by the XFree86 Project, as well as a set of historically popular accessory programs. . The development and debugging libraries are not provided by this metapackage. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
