Startx Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora And Raspbian

Startx Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora And Raspbian

startx

X server initialisation tool

Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force


Section: x11

Install startx

  • Debian apt-get install xinit Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install xinit Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add xinit Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S xorg-xinit Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install xinit Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install xorg-x11-xinit Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install xorg-x11-xinit Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install xinit Click to copy

xinit

X server initialisation tool

xinit and startx are programs which facilitate starting an X server, and loading a base X session.

xorg-x11-xinit

scripts

xorg-xinit

X.Org initialisation program
Installing startx command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS, Fedora and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of startx 2026 package in your OS.