debian problems

[Mikko Liukko]

Hi Alex

Tasksel should not do that, but be carefull what you choose i.e. games will 
install x, you could just leave everything unchecked and then add your 
desired packackes manually with apt-get install packagename.
like apt-get install apache apt-get-install nano etc...

Now if you have installed X Gnome etc then removing them is possible with 
following commands 
list installed packages dbkg -l
see if x is installed dpkg -l | grep xfree
use switch -s with apt-get to simulate what would be done.
apt-get remove xlib* -s
and if it shows that no vital packages are to be removed then run apt-get 
without -s
apt-get remove xlib*
and then
apt-get remove xfont* 
apt-get remove xfree* 

I don't have at the moment a running debian installation so above came from 
memory and i possibly fogot something.
Removing x and its dependencies this way is dangerous but fairly efective.
You could use package called aptitude.

Cheers Mikko

On Monday 23 June 2003 03:46, Alex Snow wrote:
> This is confusing...
> I went into tasksel and chose the stuff I wanted and didn't select anything
> I didn't like xfree86 or any of the languages.  but It still wanted to
> download gnome, abiword, kde, just to name a few.
> what I'm thinking is it's just downloading these but not installing them or
> something?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "White, Matt" <mattw at cotse.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:31 PM
> Subject: Re: debian problems
>
> > TaskSel should help you here; you want to go in there and remove the
> > packages you do not need.
> >
> > If you know the name of the particular package you want to get rid of,
> > you can also do
> >
> > apt-get remove packagename
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > <quote who="Alex Snow">
> >
> > > It seems that debian decided to install *everything*. including all the
> > > language environments etc.  How do I get rid of this stuff? Sorry for
> > > the stupid questions;I'm new to this.
> >
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