obnoxious/unnecessary package dependencies

Daniel Segall dan at half-asleep.com
Wed May 25 02:35:58 UTC 2005


If all you want is the basic x libs, you dont need to install X at all. 
What I recommend for a good starting point is just @ Server & @ 
Development Tools. If you look in base/comps.xml, you can see all of the 
package groups.

-Dan


Klaus Steden wrote:
>>>Sure.
>>>
>>>lang en_US.UTF-8
>>>langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8
>>>keyboard us
>>>
>>>If you want the anaconda-ks.cfg that gets saved vs. the one that's
>>>used, I can
>>>provide those easily, too.
>>
>>Remove the langsupport line.  Just the lang line will ensure that you
>>get english.  The lansupport line will pull in all other languages, and
>>make english the default.  Probably not what you wanted (:
>>
> 
> Jesse - thanks for the info - is there an FAQ on the various package
> groupings? For example, I don't need anything more than basic X11 support
> (i.e. libXt.so, libICE.so, but no need for GNOME, KDE, xterm or other X11
> apps), and definitely don't need any support for printers whatsoever.
> 
> Is there a syntax for ignoring or not installing entire groups of packages?
> 
> Klaus
> 
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