Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:39:39 -0500
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I managed to install etch on my AMD-64 system, except that in the
package selection I could not even ask for it to nstall "minimal system"
because of dependency conflicts. Neither could I do manual package
selection -- it just never did that part of the installation even though
I had reqiested it.
But aptitude will run on my newly installed system.
So my question now is, what virtual package to I ask for in aptitude to
get the equivalent of "minimal system" during installation?
-- hendrik
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What do you consider a minimal system might be totally different for others.
When you get to the base-config you already have the minimum to run a machine ;)
Andrei
One way to get the system to be really minimal, is to mark *everything*
as auto-installed (M in aptitude), and then to select those packages you
need to be there as manually installed (m in aptitude)
note that this is not for newbies - if you forget to mark some packages
as manual, that are necessary for, say, network support, or something
else you require, you're in trouble
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