John J. Boyer wrote: > When doing a custom install of debian, what options should be chosen (or > not) to avoid installing any GUI components. I also plan to not > install the acessibility components and to install brlttty when > finished. > Is this a good plan? Of course, some GUI components may be installed > when other packages are added. Hi John, One way to avoid cruft is to set the variables in /etc/apt/apt.conf to install only minimum dependencies. APT:Install-Recommends "0"; APT:Install-Suggests "0"; You might not be able to start with that, but it could be done following a minimal install, before you pull in higher-level apps. HTH, Joel > Thanks, > John > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, > AbilitiesSoft, Inc. > http://www.abilitiessoft.org > Madison, Wisconsin USA > We develop software for people with disabilities which is abailable at > no cost. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list