Re: Wheezy preseed installation installing too many packages
On 11 May 2013 18:29, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 11 May 2013 at 16:36:13 +0100, John Dilley wrote:
>
>> On 11 May 2013, at 16:04, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Shouldn't the line read
>> >
>> > tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard ?
>>
>> Ah yes, it should. I'm pretty sure I tried that though before I
>> started trying different options (I've checked an older version in
>> revision control has the correct line), but I'll double check on
>> Monday when I've got access to the box.
>
> I had something of my own to test so put
>
> tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
> d-i pkgsel/include string gpm mc
>
> in my preseed,cfg. I got what the first line asked for. A full DE was
> not installed.
Yes, that worked. Not sure why it didn't work the first time - maybe
one of the other options I added was needed too.
Thanks,
John
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