I should also add as a constant tinkerer, I have noticed that apt-get remove / autoremove --purge will *not* completely remove all deps. Perhaps aptitude does a better job, but personally I prefer to use only one package manager Although I think that aptitude is basically just an extension of APT. A very good one fom what I understand though.
If you're really anal about what is installed on your headless ( whatever ), it would be best to use Robert's barefs image, and install only what you want. On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 4:36 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-manage-packages-in-ubuntu-and-debian-with-apt-get-apt-cache > > apt-get autoremove is probably what you're after, but you can also apt-get > remove --purge to remove the debs too. > > That page seems to be a fairly decent reference for every day APT usage, > however for the BBB avoid apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade. > > For more than every day usage , there is a lot to APT. For instance you > can even rate limit downloads via apt, with a few choice flags. Google is > your friend here, and when in doubt . . . well its best to create a Debian > VM and experiment Things for the most part should be the same. Package > availability however will be different. x86 has far more available packages. > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:52 PM, <atomik...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'd like to completely disable the GUI, but in the simplest way >> possible. It is used as a headless device and doesn't need those resources >> sucked up. >> >> I have successfully disabled it, but I feel my procedure is breaking >> things behind the scenes. All I am doing is: >> >> apt-get remove lightdm >> >> In retrospect, perhaps purge would be better. >> >> Can anyone see holes in the method, or recommend a better method? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
