Hi. Whenever i install Debian, i always use the netinst and select nothing but the base system. Then it's apt al the way: first X, then a lightweight WM plus whatever i need. However, even with a "minimal" install there are always a bunch of packages that i didn't choose and that (apparently) aren't used by any other package.
This time i decided to nstall X from the installer menu, so i got X+GNOME. I still had to work around the xorg.conf to get it working (framebuffer). The thing is, i'm allergic to unused packages and i dislike big desktop enviroments like GNOME or KDE. And i know that if i do apt-get remove --purge gnome* there will still be leftovers, like Evolution. I don't think neither apt nor aptitude (or even synaptic, another usual leftover) have this, but is there a way to know if a package is depended upon? Automagically removing it if not? Actually my favourite is apt, i dislike the other two. I'm going through the list of installed packages and their descriptions in the debian site, i even have a fortune-cookies package! Wtf? And i skipped all the lib* and x* ones... How can i get rid of everything gnome? Just wishfull thinking in the wrong list, but it would be nice if developers of mamoths like X, GNOME and KDE would develop installers which let you choose what you want to install and/or that only install componets whcih are really necessart. I already have openoffice, i don't need gnumeric; nor do i need 30 graphics drivers when i'll only use one. Any constructive suggestions would be much appreciated. -- Fica bem, porta-te mal. Be well, misbehave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
