AFAIK, the legislators are blissfully unaware of linux, so nothing is
mandatory except what you want, and what _it_ wants... There is a
prompt mode in slackware install where it tells you what each optional
package does and asks if you want it. Naturally, this takes a lot
longer than just installing all, but it is one way of fitting what you
want into the space you have. You probably don't need fonts for
languages you can't read, nor do you need every X server. Only one or
two of them will be able to use your video card effectively, and if you
want to use XF86Setup, you will need XF86_VGA16 for its use, but after
it's done you can remove it unless it is the server you end up using.
Removepkg will try not to remove parts of one package that another
package depends on, and it _may_ remonstrate with you if you tell it to
do something it thinks is stupid, but like all good unix commands, in
the end it will do what you tell it to do, and doesn't make any real
attempt to think for you.
If you don't intend to compile the kernel, perhaps you don't need the
kernel source yet, and by the time you do, there will be a newer
version. Quite a number of system utilities need the kernel headers if
you want to compile them; you need the libc headers to compile
_anything_.
HTH
Lawson
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Hansen, Carl
wrote:
> hello all,
> what packages are mandatory? I want x window, star office, Netscape and
Pine
> and drive space runs out during install of star
> ver 3.6 of Slackware on a 850mb drive.
> also.......
> removepkg utility- does it take them all off or will it leave packages
> required by o/s?
>
> Carl Hansen
> Lead Technician
> MicroAge Teleservices
> We put the "k" in "kwality"
>
>
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