Install Hestia on my Antix Linux laptop:

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Until now, I develop locally with xampp on Windows. But I just set up Antix Linux on another laptop. Antix is based on Debian, it is very light and minimal with no desktop environment. It uses window managers for a GUI. Can I install Hestia on it, and then develop some testing sites on it?

I know the normal way is to install web servers and PHP directly on my distro, but I’d rather use Hestia, to keep everything the same as my remote Hestia production server, as my old age brain is weary of learning different environments.

Alternately, I could put Hestia on a virtual machine, with VMware on my antix. I like and use virtual machines anyway. So if it’s not possible to run Hestia directly on Antix, then I could install a very light server edition of Debian as a virtual machine and put Hestia on that? If so, then would I access the websites from the antix’s browser, and not even need a GUI on the Debian???

Or as last resort, seeing as how I will be using virtual machines of windows, I could have my development sites on the virtual Windows xampp.

Any info, or links or thoughts about any of this? Thanks much.

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What is the essence of your question? You can put the panel on the recommended systems Getting Started | Hestia Control Panel

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The biggest of the questions was right at the top. Can Hestia be installed on Antix Linux (which is based on Debian, and very lightweight), or does it have to be strictly on Debian.??

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As long as it meets the minimum debian requirement, I am sure it is doable.
The installer scripts are here: hestiacp/install at main · hestiacp/hestiacp · GitHub

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No. Hestia relies on systemd to manage services and antiX is systemd-free.

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true. AntiX does not rely on systemd.

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Thanks! Now that you mention it, I should have realized it couldn’t have worked, as I’m well aware that Antix is systemD-free. But somehow that didn’t register in my brain. Thanks for saving me wasted time. I’ll try one of the other options.