Re: bare bones install

[Monte Milanuk <milanuk yahoo com>]

Another way of 'trimming the fat' after the install is to do the
following as root:

rpm -qa > rpm.list
sort rpm.list > rpm.list.sort
less rpm.list.sort

Whenever you see a package that was installed that you don't want, or
don't know what it is, exit the pager and you can find out what the
package does by using 'rpm -qi <packagename>', and remove it w/ 'rpm -e
<packagename>'.  It's tedious, but AFAIK, it's about the only way to
really strip down a RedHat install.  Maybe someone out there has a
script that will strip a RedHat box down to the bare minimum, but I
haven't seen it yet if there is.

Monte


karlp ourldsfamily com wrote:
> 
> Good advice, however, when I've tried to set that up, I've ended up going
> back and just installing everything over again because it's such a pain to
> be in the middle of a compile and find you are still missing something...
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Karl L. Pearson
> Senior Consulting Systems Analyst
> Senior Consulting Database Analyst
> karlp ourldsfamily com
> 
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> 
>                 Hi Jerry,
> 
> > What do I need for a bare bones install of RH 7
> > I want to install the minimum I need to make a
> > development server from the RH7 disc and then
> > download and install apache/mysql/php in RPM form
> 
>  What I would do is choose custom install, deselect anything, maybe except the
> sections development and kernel development. *Do* check the box that allows
> you to choose individual packages. Choose the appropriate extra packages
> (iptables, mc, iputils, whatever you can think of) and let the installer
> resolve the dependencies.
> 
>                                         Bye,
> 
>                                         Leonard.
> 
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