Is it possible to install a minimal,command line only version of opensuse? This was extremely easy on ubuntu, and I liked being able to build my system more from scratch than the normal installations provide. Any ideas? Thanks!
pythonscript wrote:
> Is it possible to install a minimal,command line only version of
> opensuse? This was extremely easy on ubuntu, and I liked being able to
> build my system more from scratch than the normal installations provide.
> Any ideas? Thanks!
I have done it several times. You can do it with the DVD or the
network install. No GUI is one of the options.
When asked what desktop you want, choose Other and one of the options is text only.
Where is that option? I’m looking to perform the installation without installing any desktop environment. I don’t want kde/gnome,etc, just the command line. No X server either. I’m not talking about a text-based installation process, but a final installed product that’s text based. Thanks!
Didn’t see your post before mine went in, ken_yap. Thanks for the tip!
And I’ll add that Opensuse is quite suitable for this. Text-mode Yast is very similar in function to the GUI version of Yast.
You’ll like it.
And by the way, if you’ve already installed Opensuse with a GUI, you don’t necessarily have to reinstall. As long as you have plenty of hard drive space, the GUI will just sit there doing no real harm. In a root termin, edit the /etc/inittab file. Look for this line:
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:5:initdefault:
Change that to
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:3:initdefault:
I.e., change to default runlevel 3, which is text-only. This way, if you ever do want the GUI for a temporary task, you can simply enter “init 5” at a terminal prompt.
Or just enter “startx” at the terminal prompt. That would leave the runlevel at 3.