Debian Basic install and Fluxbox
 

heya guys, i just now came over to Debian from Fedora (its like an alpha of redhat) and followed all the guides and got it up and running great (whew :D )

i had to add an extra module to get the network card to work, but it works fine now, was able to apt-get some updates also.

pretty much now what i would like to know is what would i have to do to get fluxbox up and running? i know how to compile it from source and install it on fedora, but that had xwindows/KDE on it. im trying to go semi minimalistic here and dont want any GUI besides fluxbox (no KDE or Gnome)

pretty much all i need to know is what would i have to do to get to the point where i can just compile fluxbox and edit .xstart and load it up. (like what apt-get packages would i need to get, im guessing some x-windows related ones? im sorry as im shure this sounds like a stupid question, but all other distros came with all that bulk alwready on it so i never got to learn how)


id also rather compile my own fluxbox as apposed to doing an apt-get for it which i heard you could do. :)

thanks guys

-Zaskar

If you want to compile it the ./configure script will tell you what you're missing. Then just apt-get whatever's missing.

Let me also take this opportunity to recommend the apt-get method of getting it. It's so much easier. The steps are:
1. Type apt-get install fluxbox.
2. Change the /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager symlink to point to the new fluxbox binary (either /usr/bin/fluxbox or /usr/local/bin/fluxbox if you compiled it).
3. Log out and log back in.
4. That's all.

You'll have flux running in less than 10 minutes.

PS: Welcome to Debian.