Is their a bare Debain without a GUI just the command prompt I can build on.
I'm wondering if I can build on top of Debian and I need to know if theirs a skull and bones i can build on top of that I can customize to my liking. No GUI no extra programs just the bare essentials like a network manager and a command prompt window were I can add software...
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Yes, just grab the netinst iso and deselect everything at the tasksel part of the installer.
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Follow this guide for a minimal install of Gnome. If you don't want Gnome then it will give you idea on KDE Xfce and others. also you don't have to use a cd as the guide suggest but the netinstall disk will work just fine.
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=62112 |
Only choose Base and maybe Standard when you install.
Code:
$ tasksel --list |
Bare Bones
And, just so you know, Network Manager is not required: my Debian installs work quite well without it. (I just have to manually configure networking.
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Once you have the bare bones of Debian install and looking to add a desktop, there is a nice simple how to for an XFCE desktop,
http://auriza.site40.net/notes/debia...on-on-squeeze/ To easily manage network interfaces via command line, you can install the wicd-curses package. Wicd will manage cabled and wireless connection - to use wireless you will need to install driver package for your wireless card, see http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi |
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