2009-12-16, 16:17
haxor999 Wrote:I did not realize it was done intentionally I've explicitly done apt-get install xserver-xorg but am still getting a few messages about packages that can be removed, however which I know are needed on my bare-bones system. If anyone has any pointers on the minimal meta-packages needed to cover a base xorg install on Karmic I'd appreciate it. Thanks.What do you want with an installation of xorg alone? Usually every graphical application somehow depends on X. As XBMC can be driven without X (-> standalone) why should it depend on X?
So you should ask yourself, what do you want? Run XBMC exclusively, then you can remove anything that XBMC doesn't depend on. If you want to use some other apps, they should themselves depend on some kind of xserver or framebuffer or sthg else. Easiest way would be to select an appropriate window manager and run the installation. Then everything will be fine.