Subject: Re: Using X tools
From: James Gibson (twistedhammer@subdimension.com)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 15:41:19 AKDT
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Mike Barsalou wrote:
>
> What would be the minimum needed to run an X tool on a machine? I'm betting
> this is a fairly loaded question.
What do you mean by 'X tool'? a program which outputs to an X server?
If so, yes that *IS* loaded... technically you could have an X program
that is the only executable on the system and displays on a remote X
display... it would have to be statically compiled, and could be specified
as the init program for the kernel.. however this assumes you've setup any
network services or anything else in the kernel command-line options in
your bootloader.
In a real, semi-normal, system the answer is that you need the Xlibs, plus
any additional widget libraries (QT, GTK+, Athena, etc...) that your
program is dynamically linked to..
Now, if you want to display that program on your machine as well, you need
at least an Xserver, and either some fonts, or a remote font-server. also,
unless your program takes up the entire screen, you would need some form
window manager.
If you need more info, some specifics would be useful.
James Gibson
-- Everything in Unix is either written in C or has to try hard to pretend it is --Greg O'Keefe
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