On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:31:44 -0300 <rogluz.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >Ok the bigger problem you should have is "what is a base system"
I agree, what a base system means can be different among users. >You could run in another box a installation and get a list of the basic system >packages, but what do you want the box for? give us a user case and we would >try to sort this mess out for you. Thanks :) >Definitely purging X is a must -- that will take down about 90% of the >"flavour" packages and none of the essential stuff, could you not start there >? Absolutely, I think that would be a good place to start >Do you need SQL ? Mail ? Apache ... etc ... Not at the moment. My hopes are to remove all the packages that have been installed as time progressed after the initial installation. I am fine with keeping the later versions that were not present on the installation media I used. >A use case would be great ... or is this a experiment? I suppose I can classify this as an experiment case, whereas I will likely later on try out various (which may include Apache, Samba, whatever really, etc) Debian packages on the system. This time I plan to keep better track of what I have installed so that the packages can be purged easily when I am finished with the application. Rogerio 2010/3/19 Greg Madden <gomadtr...@acsalaska.net> On Friday 19 March 2010 01:09:20 pm Mike Viau wrote: > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:40 +0100 > > From: iod...@runbox.no > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > > > > Mike Viau wrote: > > > In essence I would like to revert my system back to a freshly > > > installed state, without reinstalling. Ultimatly is this possible? > > > > -snip- > > > > > I was hoping to find a solution for a currently running Debian system > > > rather then to create a bare bone baseline or image... > > > > Wouldn't the easiest way be to backup all important data and > > reinstall? That _should_ give the same end result. But if that > > isn't a viable option for you, please explain why. Is this perhaps > > a remote server that you can't get your hands on, I can see how > > that would be a problem. > > > > -- > > Odd > > I do have physical access to the box, but it does not have an optical drive > to make re-installation painless. I temporarily borrowed a USB drive that > is not with me anymore. The hardware is very recent and last time I tried > to used the net install disk the e1000e driver I was unable to detect my > network card and the Debian setup insisted that I was to use Ethernet over > Firewire. Would be nice to have a 'snapshot' feature to revert to. I have used aptitude (dselect) to get close to a standard install, base + standard is not that many packages, no X. It is a bit tedious, but it can be done, Search for and purge xorg, gnome stuff. Aptitude remembers packages that have been installed as recommends and will prompt you to offer to remove them. 'deborphan' can help find & remove orphaned libraries. -- Peace Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003191448.54996.gomadtr...@acsalaska.net -M _________________________________________________________________ IM on the go with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712960
