On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:35:52PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > [ good questions snipped ] > > To start you up, after Debian is installed: > # dpkg --get-selections
or
# dpkg --list
(perhaps better with $COLUMNS set to > 80) will give you a more
human-readable list of currently installed packages. Keep an eye on the
first two characters.
> gives you a list of installed packages. If you thing you do not need one,
> check with:
> # apt-cache show <package>
This will show the *available* versions of the package in question.
To show info about the *currently installed* version of the package,
use:
# dpkg --status <package>
> and remove it with:
> # apt-get remove <package>
This will leave the config files for the package intact. If you want to
erase the config file too:
# apt-get --purge remove <package>
(if you re-install the package later, then you'll get the default
config)
> This way you can shrink your system even more, if you think the default
> installation is still too big.
>
> To update:
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
>
>
> To install a package (your X server for example):
> # apt-get install xserver-common
> # apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> # apt-get install twm (this is really bare bone wm, you could go for
> fvwm95 for more comfort)
>
> Dependencies are automatically solved.
For X, *most* dependencies are automagically resolved. For example, the
package maintainers made sure that you don't *have to* install all the
fonts - you may want to run them from an X font server instead. If you
want the fonts locally to, then install the font packages too.
> So experiment a bit. I am sure you will like it.
You will not like it... You will *love* it.
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Karl E. Jørgensen
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