Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso
On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 09:27:25 +0000, Sriram wrote:
> [...] Can you suggest some links for downloading the bullseye along
> with xfce which comes to less than 1 GB or preferably somewhere around
> 500-800 MB, or suggest ways to install the xfce offline , there is no
> deb file for such GUI's.
An xfce installation will pull in about 600 M of packages no matter what
you choose to do. Does this give some perspective?
What I would consider is:
1. Skip installation of a desktop in d-i and finish the remainder of the
process.
2. Reboot, log in and create /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01keep-debs.
3. Edit this file to have
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";
Packages should remain in /var/cache/apt/archives/ for you to reuse.
No futher downloading of xfce packages is now needed. You have your
own personal "ISO" at no extra cost to disk space or bandwidth.
4. And finally do
apt install task-xfce-desktop
--
Brian.
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