Xorg for client-only support

Patrick Hess patrickhess at gmx.net
Fri Jul 10 16:41:09 UTC 2015


Don whY wrote:
> For *headless* devices (i.e., no point in having a real *server*!),
> are there significant portions of xorg that I can omit?  Or, is it
> easier to build and install it all and remove the unnecessary cruft,
> later?

Since you don't need the server portions, I don't really see a reason 
why you would want to worry about installing any X.org ports by hand.

Just installing the applications you want to use should automatically
pull in the X.org dependencies that are actually required by these
applications. This will prevent any unnecessary parts, like server 
components and video drivers, from being installed on your system
in the first place.

Patrick


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