Re: What virtual package is "minimal system"?

[Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:39:39 -0500
> hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>
>
> > I managed to install etch on my AMD-64 system, except that in the 
> > package selection I could not even ask for it to nstall "minimal system" 
> > because of dependency conflicts.  Neither could I do manual package 
> > selection -- it just never did that part of the installation even though 
> > I had reqiested it.
> >
> > But aptitude will run on my newly installed system.
> >
> > So my question now is, what virtual package to I ask for in aptitude to 
> > get the equivalent of "minimal system" during installation?
> >
> > -- hendrik
> >
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> What do you consider a minimal system might be totally different for others. When you get to the base-config you already have the minimum to run a machine ;)
>
> Andrei

One way to get the system to be really minimal, is to mark *everything* 
as auto-installed (M in aptitude), and then to select those packages you 
need to be there as manually installed (m in aptitude)
note that this is not for newbies - if you forget to mark some packages 
as manual, that are necessary for, say, network support, or something 
else you require, you're in trouble