Minimal centos xwindows

Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. The idea is to build a very minimal desktop that the end-user will use with only one software for backups.

No need for an Internet brower or other tools. I already installed Openbox but cannot run it. I already installed the server component of X: xorg-xserver-Xorg I tried adding xinit, with sudo yum install xinit and also tried sudo yum install xorg-xinit but obtained the error "No package xorg- xinit available. Error: nothing to do". I heard about xauth but I'm not sure if it is the client component or only for remote desktops through SSH, and also about xterm for the GUI terminal.

Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How to install X window system for a minimal desktop? Ask Question. Asked 3 years, 9 months ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed 8k times. On a server running CentOS 7, how to make a minimal install of the X window system?

What's the minimum X Windows install I need to run X windows over ssh? Issues related to software problems. Or is there an easy way to work around this dependency? I was hesitant to use the --skip-broken switch if it would leave me with a cascading problem down the road I know very little about X windows as I have been on command line for year now. Post by TrevorH » Mon Mar 21, pm I think the bare minimum is to install xorg-xxauth and its dependencies. If you really do need it then it's fairly easy to build it so that it installs in parallel with the RH version on a different port.

I tried the command yum groupinstall "X Window System" - it failed with the following message: openssh-askpass