Re: Building a GUI - where to start?

On 2/27/26 15:48, "stephan" ([email protected] via blfs-support
Mailing List) wrote:
 > Thanks guys. So, in summary... I should proceed with installing all
 > components in Chapter 24 (more or less, maybe depending on Zeckma's
 > input), and that will get me a working GUI with window manager,
 > display manager, etc.?

Not a display manager, though running `startx` in a TTY will start the
graphical environment for you.

 > The applications in Ch 24 will certainly require dependencies that
 > I'll also install of course. But, you're saying I should not need to
 > proceed through Chapter 25 (Graphical Environment Libraries), Chapter
 > 26 (Display Managers), or Chapter 27 (Window Managers)? In other
 > words, those chapters are alternatives to the components in Chapter
 > 24 I'll be installing as part of Xorg?

I like to think of Ch 24 as more of a base, and some of it can be
replaced, but for the most part, everything else gets installed onto it
and requires that base. The extra stuff provides a more in depth
environment and powers a lot of applications. GTK is a good example,
which powers Firefox. Some desktop environments depend on such toolkits
while others don't.

If you have the ability to, I'd get a binary distro on another system
or drive and test out the BLFS and SLFS offerings, and look into what
they need. For saving time, I'd forego KDE Plasma and GNOME,
potentially also LXQt. Once you have that chapter 24 base, everything
should be more straightforward, hopefully!

- Zeckma

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