Fedora Installation :: F15 Requirements Without GUI?
Sep 8, 2011
I have an old notebook on which I would like to install Fedora 15. Because the normal requirements of Fedora 15 are prety high I would like to install the command-line version (so without GNOME/KDE). I was wondering what the requirements of the command-line only version would be. Would it run on a 650MHZ PIII, 128mb RAM system? If so how do I install a command-line only version?
I was reading the fedora Disk requirements and it said you need 9 GB of disc space. Which partition should this 9 GB of space be on? I plan on having a / root partition, /home partition, a swap partition, and a /boot partition.
Quote: 1.2.3. Hard disk space requirements for all architectures The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space. Final size is entirely determined by the installing spin and the packages selected during installation. Additional disk space is required during installation to support the installation environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of /Fedora/base/stage2.img (on Installation Disc 1) plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm on the installed system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as 90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for a larger installation. Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system operation. [URL]
Trying to make sense of this Linux stuff, by trying to install Fedora 14. First impressions are it?s a parallel universe populated by those who hark back to the era of Windows 3.1 / DOS, and earlier, where command line instructions and messing around with .ini files was all the rage. Which might all be a great little hobby to go back to, being more 'at one, and intimate' with my machine and learning a new skill to take some pride in, but all it means so far is my patience is being really tested by needing to learn it all from scratch!
The installation guides seem to suggest that if your graphics card is not good enough then the installation will default to the text based one. Which is what happened in my case. I can get to the login prompt after the installation, but that's the point where it gets really frustrating in having my machine think it?s a mid 1980s Commodore 64 or something!! Never mind PEEK and POKE, I just want to THUMP or KICK it.
I read somewhere I should start X Start to start the GUI. Nope, x start or xstart doesn't do anything. I then read that only works if I had installed X Windows. Can't find where or how I install X Windows though! I then read, as I say, things default to purely text if your graphics card is not good enough, but then I can't find anything about what the minimum spec is. Seems odd that a card that can cope with Windows can't work with a system as basic as linux/fedora with its frustrating command line-intensive way of working.
- what the minimum graphics card spec is to enable GUI? - how to install this X Windows thing?
I have been trying to install 9.10 on a 2007 Satellite Laptop, L35, 512MB RAM, 60GB HD, Intel Centrino.The CD drive is damaged so I booted from an USB, in the live session and in the installing process the computer freezes. I finally tryed installing ubuntu using the whole HD, deleting Windows XP, I hoped this would help Ubuntu's performance... failure.
What are the hardware requirements for 10.4? Should I try an older version of Ubuntu? Should I try a different Distribution?
checking for GLADE... configure: error: Package requirements (libglade-2.0 >= 2.4) were not met:I can't find this file, I tried running yum install libglade and it worked, but it won't accept it.Package libglade2-2.6.4-1.fc11.x86_64 already installed and latest version.
configure: error: Package requirements (purple) were not met:No package 'purple' found
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables PURPLE_CFLAGS and PURPLE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. What am I supposed to do from here? I know libpurple is installed but the package "purple" doesn't even exist. The application I'm trying to install is called gFire by the way.
Intel just pushed out a new driver that speeds up performance on certain chipsets. Has anyone here tried it yet? I've tried compiling but run into a weird error :
Quote: checking for XORG... no configure: error: Package requirements (xorg-server >= 1.6 xproto fontsproto randrproto renderproto xextproto x11 xextproto) were not met: No package 'x11' found
I Was Just Wondering What The System Requierments for Ubuntu 10.10 are Because i am interested in installing it on a 500 MHz 256 MB Ram Gateway Pentium 3 Will it work?
What are the hardware requirements of openSUSE 64 bit? Is it the same as 32 bit? In particular, I'm concerned with how much HD space I need to install the OS. The ISO for openSUSE x64 was 4.2 GB. Crazy!
I have a Windows 98 computer I would like to run a linux distribution on. Note: It has 333Mhz and 64MB of RAM. Currently (using the KernelEx program), I can run the latest Firefox w/ latest Flash and use Microsoft Word 97 and Excel 97. Are there any options in the Linux world that can match what Windows 98 gives me with my system specs?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10. Is there a way to eliminate, or at least change the length of time, of having to enter your password after the screen timesout from no activity? I've looked all though Preferences but have not found anything that seems to address this.
Today I was using Gchempaint (part of Gnome Chemistry Tools) and found that the F12 version fails miserably to correctly export H to xyz. So I decided to install the latest version I found (0.11). There are, however, some problems I must sort out during compilation.
Apparently it does not see my 'cairo' installation and so I get the following error message:
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checking for cairo... configure: error: Package requirements (cairo >= 1.6.0) were not met: No package 'cairo' found
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix.Alternatively, you may set the environment variables cairo_CFLAGS and cairo_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details.
I plan to bye a router for my desktop PC. I will plan to use many hotspots in my location. I don't have much experience with this equipment, and I need router or just small WiFi card.
my ubuntu laptop is running very slowly, it was running fine until I rebooted it then it has stayed really slow. It takes 7minutes to boot and crashes alot, most of the time it takes a good 3 mins to open anything,
I have an older PC running Ubuntu 10.04, and the system is slow, especially with Firefox running. I recently upgraded to 2 gig memory, but it didn't help. I have plenty of space on my hard-drive, using only 30 gig of 80 gig. My CPU is Intel Celeron 2.40GHz. I have broadband, and the speed seems good. What are the system requirements for Ubuntu 10.04? Any tips for speeding performance, esp on Firefox? I used to do a defrag when I had Windows; is there any need to do that on Ubuntu also?
I am looking to build up a HA/LB linux cluster with specific software requirements. For hardware, I have a number of dual xeon PE 2650s and would like to use them as efficiently as possible. These are 32bit systems, I anticipate scaling up to 64bit systems when I have a tested, working solution in place. For distro, I am familiar with CentOs, Gentoo and Ubuntu but unsure as to which would be the best foundation, although leaning towards CentOs. For software, I need to realise all the services provided by xampp (Apache, MySql, PHP, Perl, FTP), plus Red5 flash media server.
My current train of thought is; 6 physical servers; 2 Directors/Heartbeat, 2 Apache, 2 Red5 Gigabit private network for connecting the nodes. CentOs 5.5 on all nodes. DRDB across the 2 Apache nodes for Apache, MySql, PHP. DRDB across the 2 Red5 nodes for Red5.
it is not clear to me, by reading different postings/documentations for ntfsclone, what restrictions and/or requirements exist for the target partition (TARGET). Can the TARGET be bigger in size than the SOURCE, or must it be identical? Must the TARGET be formatted as an NTFS filesystem, or must it left unformatted?
I'm a new Linux user (Ubuntu), and i need a simplified explanation of how to install and configure OpenCA in order to test it and anderstand how it works.
We are looking at installing a linux server in the office, the requirement for the same are.All sent items of any users but be sent like a bcc or a copy to a common management id. All sent items must be saved with a copy.There would be only 1 email id on the remote server and mailman would have then to distribute the emails when it downloads are this possible in linux if yes please suggest me which email software would support this and has anyone done this before with spam assaign etc.
For some of them I used apt-get ( yes I had to install apt first) and the other, I used yum. But when I run ./configure in libtorrent-0.12.4 directory, I get this error at the end of it's process: checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for OPENSSL... configure: error: Package requirements (openssl) were not met: No package 'openssl' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables OPENSSL_CFLAGS and OPENSSL_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. What should I do to install it?
What is the minimum CPU or processor required for a Debian stable installation with no GUI, desktop environment, or window manager? I can find specs for all minimum hardware capabilities except for the processor on a system with no desktop GUI. (Debian Stable GNU/Linux Installation Guide 3.4 Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements) section 2.1.2: CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support and Linux Hardware Compatibility Section 4.1—Intel make it seem like any i386 CPU is good enough.
When installing COMPIZ on KDE 4.3.5 and Opensuse 11.2 64 bit, I get the following error message: "compiz-kde4-0.8.4-167.x86_64 requires compiz = 0.84, but this requirement cannot be fulfilled. Is there any way to resolve this issue, and is the problem missing repos?
I'm needing to stand up a Lamp server for a SugarCRM migration. I've been told I need to ensure php 5.2 on the box along with ensuring several mod's are installed as well for php and apache. I was planning on using the lamp provided from xampp (apache friends) but they're current build is using PHP 5.3, any suggestions on how to get around it? If I have to build the whole thing from several packages (apache, php, mysql) then no problem, but I really like the myphpadmin page that comes with the xampp installer.