Sam Varshavchik <mr...@courier-mta.com> writes: > lee writes: > >> Hi, >> >> how does one get a clean installation of Fedora? "Clean" means that >> only those packages are installed that are actually needed and only >> those services are running that are actually needed. > > Very easy: > > Step 1: figure out what packages and services you need. > Step 2: install just those packages and services that you need.
Unfortunately, the broken dependencies seem to prevent step 2 --- otherwise I could simply remove unneeded packages. > Unfortunately, noone's yet written an app that can telepathetically > determine what someone needs. Everyone needs different things, so > there is no one shoe that fits all. Yes, and I always wondered why the installer doesn't give any choice at all. > The different spins are a good start. If you decide that you want > Gnome or XFCE, installing the appropriate spin would be a good > start. Well, I don't need any of these. > And going forward, you'll just have to figure out what you have > installed, and don't need, or don't have installed, but you need, and > make the appropriate adjustments. That's like step 2 again, prevented by broken dependencies ... -- Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
