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Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze



On Sb, 14 ian 12, 20:29:40, Brad Alexander wrote:
> 
> 1. Do a base install of Debian. During the install, at the Software
> Selection screen where it asks what to install, *uncheck everything* --
> except for ssh server, if you want that. This will give you the absolute
> minimal install possible.

As far as I know this includes Essential, Required and Important. This 
can be trimmed down even further, but it gets very difficult and you 
have to know what you're doing.
 
> 2. After reboot, do an
> 
>         aptitude update ; aptitude install squid3 snort openvpn iptables
> 
>     This will give you your required packages and nothing else.

I would disable Recommends first, I think this fits the definition of an 
"unusual" installation :) But do check out the recommended packages, 
there might be something you do need.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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