Re: reduce size of debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso installation
On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 06:37:53PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> 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?
>
You've hit a problem: the live DVDs include a whole bunch of "stuff": much of itshould be de-installed on clean up but there are a few changes that stick, I
think - desktop background may be subtly different. The installer is also
prepared by different folk from those in the normal CD/DVD images team.
I don't know exactly what's in there: maybe contact the team responsible
for debian-live?
>
> David
>
If you've not got much data copied across yet, I'd suggest a reinstall with
the non-free firmware netinst / DVD as you can control this much better.
If you only want XFCE, then an expert install will enable you to deselect/uncheck Debian graphical environment as you work through. There is no longer an
XFCE install medium on CD - as of Bullseye it became too big to fit.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
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