Yup I ended up just deselecting a lot of stuff. the only stuff I really selected was development and servers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikko Liukko" <mikko.liukko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:24 AM Subject: Re: debian problems > Hi Alex > > Tasksel should not do that, but be carefull what you choose i.e. games will > install x, you could just leave everything unchecked and then add your > desired packackes manually with apt-get install packagename. > like apt-get install apache apt-get-install nano etc... > > Now if you have installed X Gnome etc then removing them is possible with > following commands > list installed packages dbkg -l > see if x is installed dpkg -l | grep xfree > use switch -s with apt-get to simulate what would be done. > apt-get remove xlib* -s > and if it shows that no vital packages are to be removed then run apt-get > without -s > apt-get remove xlib* > and then > apt-get remove xfont* > apt-get remove xfree* > > I don't have at the moment a running debian installation so above came from > memory and i possibly fogot something. > Removing x and its dependencies this way is dangerous but fairly efective. > You could use package called aptitude. > > Cheers Mikko > > On Monday 23 June 2003 03:46, Alex Snow wrote: > > This is confusing... > > I went into tasksel and chose the stuff I wanted and didn't select anything > > I didn't like xfree86 or any of the languages. but It still wanted to > > download gnome, abiword, kde, just to name a few. > > what I'm thinking is it's just downloading these but not installing them or > > something? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "White, Matt" <mattw at cotse.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:31 PM > > Subject: Re: debian problems > > > > > TaskSel should help you here; you want to go in there and remove the > > > packages you do not need. > > > > > > If you know the name of the particular package you want to get rid of, > > > you can also do > > > > > > apt-get remove packagename > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > <quote who="Alex Snow"> > > > > > > > It seems that debian decided to install *everything*. including all the > > > > language environments etc. How do I get rid of this stuff? Sorry for > > > > the stupid questions;I'm new to this. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
