Re: Stretch Lite
On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 17:42:57 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> David composed on 2018-01-14 17:54 (UTC):
>
> > I know there is a version of Rasbian called Stretch Lite.
>
> > Is there a version of Debian to run headless without the excess clutter
> > of office etc?
>
> > I've tried removing the bits I don't need, but made an awful mess of it,
> > better not to load it in the first place.
>
> Start the installer with the following included on the boot cmdline:
>
> tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false
>
> All my own installations start that way, normally as a part of network
> installation, downloading little in advance of starting the installation:
>
> https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
Note that base-installer/install-recommends=false only kicks in
after the base system is installed. Base files are installed with
debootstrap, which does not install Recommends:. I'm unsure much
is really saved here as the standard packages tend not to have a
reliance on recommended packages.
--
Brian.
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