reduce size of debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso installation
debian-user
I installed debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso and updated onto a
amd64 computer for graphical desktop usage (e.g. "daily driver"):
2022-01-04 17:57:07 root@laalaa ~
# cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
11.2
Linux laalaa 5.10.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.84-1 (2021-12-08) x86_64
GNU/Linux
I noted that the install was larger (11+ GB) than previous installs
using *-xfce-CD-1.iso Debian installers (~6 GB).
I like to keep my root partition small (~13 GB) and have been looking
ways to free up space -- e.g 'apt clean', 'apt-get autoremove', 'apt-get
purge ...', etc..
I have previously removed libreoffice language packages:
2021-12-05 17:36:22 root@laalaa ~
# dpkg-query -l 'libreoffice*' | egrep '^ii.+language' | perl -ane
'print $F[1], "\n"' | xargs apt-get -y remove
...
After this operation, 874 MB disk space will be freed.
Using dpkg-query(1), It appears that an ARM toolchain was installed,
which I do not expect to use. If I purge it, will I lose something I need?
2022-01-04 17:58:02 root@laalaa ~
# dpkg-query -W -f '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' '*arm-*' 2>&1 |
sort -rn
755527 libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib
576828 libnewlib-arm-none-eabi
507111 gcc-arm-none-eabi
17027 binutils-arm-none-eabi
109 arm-trusted-firmware-tools
2022-01-04 18:35:54 root@laalaa ~
# apt-get --dry-run purge libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib
libnewlib-arm-none-eabi gcc-arm-none-eabi binutils-arm-none-eabi
arm-trusted-firmware-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libnewlib-dev
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
arm-trusted-firmware-tools* binutils-arm-none-eabi*
gcc-arm-none-eabi* libnewlib-arm-none-eabi* libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Purg arm-trusted-firmware-tools [2.4+dfsg-2]
Purg gcc-arm-none-eabi [15:8-2019-q3-1+b1]
Purg binutils-arm-none-eabi [2.35.2-2+14+b2]
Purg libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib [15:8-2019-q3-1+13]
Purg libnewlib-arm-none-eabi [3.3.0-1]
Are there other packages that I should consider purging?
David
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