On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 01:42:13PM -0500, Pepper Orlando wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try again this evening.
>
> I may still need some help fighting the dependancy issues. When I tired to
> remove some of the base packages (exim, etc) I ran into the same sort of
> problems that Michael did when trying to remove gcc-3.3-base.
>
> My goal is to get just enough installed to run Mozilla (without AA fonts,
> actually, not enough horsepower for that) and blackbox. I'm hoping that I
> can get it to fit into 128 MB. 64 would be a fun challenge, though.
>
> Later on I will try to battle a minimal perl install so I can run some of
> my favorite scripts and Perl/Tk apps. I have a felling it will be probably
> a still bigger challenge! :)
"Depends" is very relative.
Rather than futz with apt, try:
1. Install mimimal system w/ mozilla-browser, xserver-xfree86,
xfonts-misc, and deps.
2. Remove stuff with dpkg --remove --force-all until mozilla breaks.
3. Rebuild system with only those packages you truly need. (Essential
really means essential for a shell system...)
4. Zap dpkg, apt, tar, gzip, etc. These must be zapped using rm though.
You could also try a direct install, like (fix instructions):
dpkg --root=/kiosk --install libc6.deb
dpkg --root=/kiosk --install xserver-xfree86.deb
etc...
You need to fix deps yourself, but with only mozilla-browser,
xserver-xfree86, and xfonts-base, the only deps should be a few
libraries.
If you can take it, might I suggest lynx/links/elinks + zgv?
No X = fewer deps.
You could even make /sbin/init a link to links (without the bloat that
is sysvinit, you need to)
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