Adding minimal X windows

[Derrik Walker v2.0]

I usually just intall xterm.  It will get the minimum you need.  If you
want a window manager as well as min X, install it too ( I usually us fvwm
for cases like that ).

- Derrik
On Jun 1, 2014 10:54 AM, "Matthew Saltzman" <mjs at clemson.edu> wrote:

> I built a Fedora 20 system as a server, without a desktop.  It turns
> out, no X server is installed at all in that case.  I'd like to add a
> minimal X server without adding a complete desktop environment, so I can
> log in remotely and run system configuration tools.  The documentation
> I've found suggests
>
>         yum groupinstall "Basic X Window System"
>
> or
>
>         yum groupinstall "X Window System"
>
> but neither of those groups exist.  There is a Basic Desktop group, but
> it installs a bunch of unnecessary desktop tools.
>
> What's the best way to get just a basic X server in Fedora 20?
>
> TIA.
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> Matthew Saltzman
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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