On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 05:51:33PM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > I've got a stripped down Woody system that's currently using > about 100MB of disk space. What I've got now is the "base" > package (no tasks selected) with a few packages added for > specific requirements (ssh, webmin, dial-in-ppp). > > It would be nice to trim it down some without losing too much > functionality. Any opinions on these candidates for the ax? > > * /usr/share/locale 7MB > > I'd give the user an option to pick a locale, and then > whack all the rest. Have a look at the "localepurge" package. Haven't tried it myself (yet) though. > > * groff-base, manpages, man-db, /usr/share/doc, /usr/share/man 10-12MB > > This is intended as a runtime-only machine. Anybody doing > any sort of development or admin would be expected to have > a full-up system with all the man/doc stuff on it. Add /usr/share/info to your list. > > * /usr/share/modconf 2MB > > Ditch all languages except one? Don't know if the savings > are worth the effort. > > * /usr/lib/gconv ?? > > Probably ought to find out what it is, before I whack it, > but anything to do with EBCDIC can probably go. :) > > * console-data ?? > > Ditch most of the keymaps and fonts. Box won't have a > console most of the time anyway. You may also want to keep an eye on the size of /var/log. Can easily be a dozen of Mb's. If space is still a problem then install another disk. Failing that, start feeling uneasy and look at: - keep tabs on how much swap space is used. Then decide on the minimum amount of swap needed, leaving the rest for filesystems. - Apply duster in /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb - *really, really* tight on space: clear out /var/lib/apt/lists after each install. You probably want to run apt-get update before the next install/upgrade anyway. - *really, really, really, really badly* tight on space, remove apt. dpkg will do fine if you don't mind downloading and sorting out dependencies by hand :-) > If a user requires anything I delete, he can always re-install > it (I'll leave dpkg, apt, and frieds)... You're not letting everybody roam as root, are you !? -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com Please read http://www.pantsfullofunix.net before reporting bugs in my code.
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