I'd suggest choosing the "Select Individual Packages" option during install, deselecting ALL packages, and then see what it insists that you install.
Also, Mandrake 8.2b (based on RedHat) is supposed to have a minimum install mode (80MB?), where it only installs the bare minimum to get Linux running. John Hebert --- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My short term goal is to install RH with only what I > need. > That is why I mentioned finding some resource that > could tell me which > packages require which other packages. I think I > will be able to decide > what services/apps I need to run but I don't have a > clear idea of what those > things need to do their job. > > Don't know if I am biting off to much or not. Of > course, that has never > stopped me in the past. I usually don't burn-out > trying a million different > things as long as I learn something along the way. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:20 AM > Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: [brluglist] > source files? > > > > > > --- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John, > > > Does this mean that I can install an alternate > > > package manager on RH rather > > > than its own RHPM app? > > > I was under the impression that RH, Mandrake, > etc > > > could only use rpms and > > > Debian, etc could only use .deb files. > > > Thanks, > > > Cleve > > > > Yes, it does(!). There was a project a few months > ago > > that ported the Debian package manager to RedHat. > I > > can't find any links on that at the moment, can > anyone > > else? > > > > Also, there is a project called Alien that can > convert > > various software package formats to others. Again, > no > > good links at the moment. > > > > You should also get familiar with installing files > > from source. Are you? > > > > John Hebert > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
