Is there any way to install gui in 196mb vps?

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• exussum Member

  January 2012

  use x forwarding, You will struggle with most apps still though
• st0rm911 Member

  January 2012

  @exussum said: use x forwarding, You will struggle with most apps still though

  how?
• yomero Member

  January 2012

  He is talking about

  ssh -X user@host
  

  So you can run... let's say firefox from your terminal.
• breton Member

  January 2012

  openbox + google://vnc
• st0rm911 Member

  January 2012

  guys i am totally newbie in linux command.what os i need to install then what commend i need to put in shell.previously i installed kloxo,optimize it and host 4 site succesfully.now plan to full new reinstall for rdp.previously i use windows rdp.
• exussum Member

  January 2012

  with 196 it may be a bit of a squeeze for a whole environment.

  maybe use Debian 5 32-bit and
  apt-get install xserver-xorg

  then windows side install

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

  then in putty find SSH then X11 then check the x11 forwarding box

  I can get chrome to show up and not do much else on 128. 192 may give a better experience
• yomero Member

  January 2012

  You don't need the full xserver to forward X

  Just needs xauth, which probably is already installed.

  Despite your apps may requiere the xserver due to the dependencies tree, lol

  @st0rm911 You can do all this in any OS
• st0rm911 Member

  January 2012

  i just try from this link first in my existing vps without new os.current os is cent os with kloxo.

  http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Installing
• st0rm911 Member

  January 2012

  but getting error

  in commend # ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc

  -bash: configure: command not found
• yomero Member

  January 2012

  It seems that you need more experience in the command line. I don't know why you are trying to compile something when you have cool package management in your linux distribution (whatever distro).
• earl Member

  January 2012 edited January 2012

  I used this template and it worked fine on the abduction plan in Las Vegas node..

  CentOS 5 - Desktop Gnome
  CentOS 5 with the Gnome Desktop preinstalled.

  you need to install a viewer like UltraVNC on your local computer so you can connect to your VPS.. also for reference this is a good guide:

  http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server
• Kairus Member

  January 2012

  What exactly are you trying to do btw?

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• drmike Member

  January 2012

  @st0rm911 said: i buy vps from alien

  I thought they were falling apart?....
• Kairus Member

  January 2012

  @drmike said: I thought they were falling apart?....

  My vps from them is fine now, they did have some problems recently, but all is well now (I hope).
• klikli Member

  January 2012 edited January 2012

  Yes it is possible. I did tried to install LXDE on my 128MB VPS and managed to do so.
  Anyway, I don't think RDP will be really possible..

  Follow this guide: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ginE8LMR5rsJ:wiki.lxde.org/en/Debian+lxde+debian&cd=2&hl=zh-TW&ct=clnk&gl=hk
  (Their website are often down)

  First, reinstall your VPS with a Debian 5 template. Then SSH into it, and read the tutorial line-by-line. I think you might want to install the minimal one (aptitude install --without-recommends lxde-core) and in case you saw errors like "aptitude: command not found", replace EVERY aptitude with apt-get and it should work.

  After that, do apt-get -y install tightvncserver. Then, run tightvncserver whenever you want to connect to it. On the first time you prompt it, you will be asked to input a password and the VNC URL(?) will be given to you. You then can use your favourite VNC client to connect to your VPS.
• yomero Member

  January 2012

  @klikli Sorry but Debian 5 support is about the be discontinued (already it is the "oldstable").
  Use Debian 6.
• klikli Member

  January 2012

  @yomero said: @klikli Sorry but Debian 5 support is about the be discontinued (already it is the "oldstable").

  Use Debian 6.

  Somehow I realized those outdated package consumes less emmory on Lenny. Anyway I take your point.