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Preston C.

11 Feb 2009 11 Feb '09

8:49 a.m.

I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that it is not found. It then asks if I want to install the whole group, which consists of around 10 xorg and xf86 packages. Thanks for any help.

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Zack

11 Feb 11 Feb

8:57 a.m.

You need xorg-server xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-synaptics(for laptops) xf86-video-$brand xorg-xinit(if you want to use startx) xterm(not required, can be useful) I guess the xorg meta package was never put back. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Preston C. wrote:

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I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that it is not found. It then asks if I want to install the whole group, which consists of around 10 xorg and xf86 packages. Thanks for any help.

Zack

9:01 a.m.

I guess I should have read your email better. If you install the whole xorg group, which is the xorg meta package, you will probably get everything you need, maybe a little extra. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Zack wrote:

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You need xorg-server xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-synaptics(for laptops) xf86-video-$brand xorg-xinit(if you want to use startx) xterm(not required, can be useful)

I guess the xorg meta package was never put back.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Preston C. wrote:

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I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that it is not found. It then asks if I want to install the whole group, which consists of around 10 xorg and xf86 packages. Thanks for any help.

Grigorios Bouzakis

9:07 a.m.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Zack wrote:

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I guess I should have read your email better. If you install the whole xorg group, which is the xorg meta package, you will probably get everything you need, maybe a little extra.

Arch Linux doesnt have meta packages for a quite while. Thats why groups were added to pacman. Much better solution if you ask me. If you belong to the 10% (according to pkgstats) still having the meta package install, its safe to remove it. -- Greg what to do and what not to do in public :o) http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php

Grigorios Bouzakis

9 a.m.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:49:53AM -0500, Preston C. wrote:

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I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that it is not found. It then asks if I want to install the whole group, which consists of around 10 xorg and xf86 packages. Thanks for any help.

xorg is a group. you can choose which packages you want from it. if you dont know just install them all. i suggest you wait for the site to come up again and read the beginners guide in the wiki before proceeding any further. -- Greg what to do and what not to do in public :o) http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php

Preston C.

9:02 a.m.

I have the Beginners Guide pulled up. It does not say what to do in this situation. Thank you both for the advice. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 02:49:53AM -0500, Preston C. wrote:

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I ran the command, pacman -S xorg , and it tells me that it is not found. It then asks if I want to install the whole group, which consists of around 10 xorg and xf86 packages. Thanks for any help.

xorg is a group. you can choose which packages you want from it. if you dont know just install them all. i suggest you wait for the site to come up again and read the beginners guide in the wiki before proceeding any further.

-- Greg

what to do and what not to do in public :o) http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php

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