Re: Install only text-based applications?

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 07:02:20AM -0700, Steve Snyder wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I've got a machine on which I want to install all of the text-based 
> application, but no Xfree86/KDE/Gnome/etc. graphical apps.  
> 
> In past versions of RHL I had to select Custom/Everything during the 
> install, then manually deselect all the graphically packages I could 
> think of and let the installer find the dependencies on those that I 
> missed.
> 
> My (admittedly fuzzy) understanding is that selecting a Server 
> installation will not install the user-oriented text-based applications.  
> True?
> 
> Is there a way in the Shrike installed to simply indicate that I want all 
> text-based apps and none of the GUI apps?  If so, how is it done?
> 
> Thanks.
How about custom but not everything. Just choose not to install X, Gnome of KDE.
Some GUI applications will still be installed but that might be useful when you access
the machine from a remote machine.
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