Re: Install only the needed *applications*

[Marco Fioretti <marco.fioretti@eri.ericsson.se>]

Daniel Kleine-Albers wrote:

.............................

> > In other words, I would like to be able to say through a script:
> >
> >        **I** want to use {gcc, perl, mutt, apache, postfix,
> >                           cups and not lpd,
> >                           gimp and gimp only, no other GNOME things
> >                           konqueror and no other kde things
> >                           ....add your favourite apps here
> >
> >                           }
> >
> >           **YOU** (bare debian system) sort out all the dependencies and
> >           pick only what is needed from the CD(s) while I go to lunch
> >

> 
> dselect
> apt-get install <all the packages you need>
> 
> i would recommend dselect, because you get the recommendations for additional
> packages, too, not only the absolutely needed depends. But that could be
> against that, what you really want to do.

Which one of these methods is best for script use right after
installation, i.e.:

	No net access yet
	Only the official debian CDs available
	Minimum manual intervention 	(hopefully just
					changing the CD when asked?)

I am quite expert with red hat, and have started to study debian
recently.
One of the things I found most confusing is the relationship betweeen
apt,
dselect (?dpkg?) and what not. When do you use one or the other? Why?
Are there any online documents explaining this specific issues?

	TIA,
		Marco Fioretti