on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > on 15:41 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > > > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run remotely > > some > > > gnome X programs with ssh. Which package should I install to do this, > > only > > > xauth or I also need xbase-clients plus the gnome programs? > > > > You'll just need the x clients components. APT will handle those > > dependencies nicely for you. That's its job. > > > > Installing an X server is unnecessary unless you're running a display > > locally. Some remote display protocols (VNC, NX) essentially /do/ do > > this, and when used in this fashion, you could install /their/ X server > > components to satisfy requirements. > > > > For remote tunnelled SSH X11 clients, you're using your local X11 > > server. > > > > > Is it better for a File Server to make a text-based installation or it is > > > recommended to install also the X-Server to have GUI in the server? > > > > My preference is to keep servers as lean as possible. The > > CPU/disk/memory overhead is generally not a concern. Security/stability > > and risk of cruft is. Some vendors absolutely insist on having a full > > GUI installed to use, or (in the case of Oracle), simply to /install/ > > their products. > > > > Nuts. > > > > > Yes I do agree that it is better to keep the server as lean as possible. > That is why I will not install the XServer > > I will just use apt to handle the dependencies but I will check that xauth > is also installed. I think that I need xauth to tunnel X11 through ssh.
xauth is required by xbase-clients. It'll get installed with that. -- Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110312001408.gd26...@altaira.krellpowersys.exo
