XFCE depends on GNOME, why?
john wendel
jwendel10 at comcast.net
Thu Feb 5 07:35:20 UTC 2009
Javier Perez wrote:
> Hi
> I tried to install a "pure" XFCE system but I can't
> It looks like in order to install XFCE, I have to install also GNOME.
> It is so very counterproductive because my idea was to setup a
> small,efficient system specifically without GNOME or KDE's overhead.
> This is an old computer, with a Celeron processor
>
> Take a look at this, this is the result of sudo groupinstall XFCE:
>
> -----------------------
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
[SNIP]
> /\_/\
> |O O| pepebuho at pananet.com <mailto:pepebuho at pananet.com>
> ~~~~ Javier Perez
> ~~~~ While the night runs
> ~~~~ toward the day...
> m m Pepebuho watches
> from his high perch.
>
Check the XFCE web site. Gnome is an optional dependency. You can build
your own version from the sources without Gnome. I've done it before,
they have a program that does the build for you, so it's easy.
Regards,
John
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