Victor Sudakov wrote: > A production system, especially a desktop system, tends to accumulate > unnecessary packages. Users install software for testing, then forget > about it, or it falls into disuse... > > In FreeBSD, you can always run "pkg delete -a" and return to the > post-install state (well, almost). This command will remove all the > third-party packages added to the base system after installation > (modified files under /usr/local/ will remain). > > What's the procedure for Debian?
It helps to only look installed packages marked automatic but lots of system programs and libraries are marked as such. I'd expect a 'base' metapackage of some sort... ...which ties into the remark made a few times in this thread which is that there is no singular set of base packages. But then at least have tasksel do something like that. Admittedly I just don't know a lot about Debian packages but as a user I have the same concern as Victor. Sijmen
