Yes, there are a couple of ways to get rid of programs that you don't want.
If you have a working installation use RPMDRAK, and toggle it to show what's
installed. You'll get a description of what a selected thing is, its size,
and you can choose to uninstall it.
If you're talking about doing a new installation there are a couple of
ways you can go. With something like a custom install you will get a
confirmation screen with a slider noteing a percentage. If the megabytes it
quotes are too much, slide the slider down. As you install less you will get
only the more basic of the packages for the package catagories you have
chosen.
The most time consuming but exacting choice is the expert install. On
the screen where you choose package groups there will be a small button at
the bottom of the window to "choose individual" programs. The help screen
below says something about individually choosing from over 1000 program
packages--and they're not kidding! You will have an information screen
similar to that in rpmdrak with size, program details, and an importance
rating (to help newbies like us) available for each program in the catagories
you selected. Mandatory programs cannot be unselected so you should end up
with a functional system as a minimum. Pick and choose the individual
programs you wish.
Linux Mandrake 7.1 selected using the spacebar (if I remember right), but
7.2 has check boxes. The selection area was out of view to the right on my
screen, scrolling may be necessary to find the boxes so that you can select
them. Allow an hour to an hour and a half to read through and select what
will be installed. There is a counter that will keep track of the megabytes
that you have selected for installation. -Gary-
In a message dated 10/18/2000 3:11:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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I have been using mandrake for a while now, i have noticed something in the
mandrake distribution that i really dont like.......mandrake tends to
installs lots of stuff on the computer, althought this comes in handy
sometimes but it's also irritating since it takes a lot of space, i could
safely say that about 1/2 of the stuff installed i dont use. Is there a way
to actually pick what you want? remember that i dont mean the package
choice.. because it still installs lots of stuff like icq and the
likes......In otherwords...i would like to get a very simple installation
and then i can build on it with the softare that i need...can mandrake do
that? if not then is there a distro that does that but at the same time
supports rpm's?
thanks
TiGereYe - Accept No Substitutes -
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