Am 2007-04-04 16:17:46, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty: > Thanks Michelle, > The other problem is that, for example, aptitude takes up a whole pile > of memory reading in the packages file (I think apt does too if I just > use apt-get, since it has to resolve dependancies). Under sarge, it > takes a while. I'm concerned that it may be unusable under Etch will > all those extra packages bloating up main. > > I wish that main was split into base (core, whatever) and main. > > All I need (in order of priority) is basedebs, sh, ed, vi(m), ppp, > minicom, ssh, rsync, wget, lynx, mc, and basic X. Having to read in all > the stuff in main to keep this lot up-to-date is a royal pain.
Hmmm, you can download the Packages.gz and then strip all
packages related to KDE and GNOME and maybe most of xorg.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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