Re: Base system

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

Henry S. Vieira wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've installed Debian for the first time and after the installation of the base
> system and the first boot I had 86MB used. After that, the post-boot dselect
> installed more packages, e.g perl, python. 
You will probably "want these" though strictly speaking python is not 
required.
Many of the Debian package management tools will need these.

> I did not select any package, I just
> exited dselect. Are these default packages really necessary and part of the
> base system?
If they are listed in deselect as "required" then they are.

> Where does the list come from?
"packages.gz " in each directory (e.g. the Debian mirror site that you 
download from or the directory on your CD etc.

> Does dselect use the base system,
> checks the dependencies and install these other packages?
YES!

Note: The first package that you should install from areas that are not 
"reqiured" ; even if you are trying to maintain a small file system is  
'mc' (midnight commander) it will be your friend :-)


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John Foster
AdVance-Computing Systems