Adding minimal X windows

[Sudhir Khanger]

On Sunday, June 01, 2014 02:53:52 PM Matthew Saltzman 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.
> -- 
> Matthew Saltzman
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu

Have you checked out group "Basic Desktop"? If I ever want to go minimal I 
tend to go along with i3. You should try that.

[donnie at fedora ~]$ yum group info "Basic Desktop"
Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, langpacks, local, refresh-
packagekit, show-leaves
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in
 * rpmfusion-free: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in
 * tlp: repo.warpnine.de
 * tlp-updates: repo.warpnine.de
 * updates: mirrors.ispros.com.bd

Environment Group: Basic Desktop
 Environment-Id: basic-desktop-environment
 Description: X Window System with a choice of window manager.
 Mandatory Groups:
    base-x
   +basic-desktop
    core
    dial-up
    fonts
    guest-desktop-agents
    hardware-support
    multimedia
    standard
 Optional Groups:
   +cinnamon-desktop
   +firefox
   +gnome-desktop
   +input-methods
    kde-desktop
   +legacy-fonts
    libreoffice
   +lxde-desktop
   +mate-desktop
   +sugar-desktop
   +xfce-desktop
   +xmonad
   +xmonad-mate

Group: Basic Desktop
 Group-Id: basic-desktop
 Description: Basic X Window System with a choice of window manager.
 Mandatory Packages:
    adwaita-cursor-theme
    adwaita-gtk2-theme
    adwaita-gtk3-theme
   +awesome
   +dwm
   +fedora-icon-theme
    gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
    i3
    initial-setup
   +lightdm
   +metacity
   +openbox
   +ratpoison
   +xmonad-basic

-- 
Sudhir Khanger
http://sudhirkhanger.com/
https://github.com/donniezazen