On 07/19/2018 08:34 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote:
Richard Owlett:
That leads to asking two related questions:
1. How can I get a list of packages tagged as required?
Aptitude is great for answering questions like this:
$ aptitude search '?priority(required) ?archive(stable)'
Exactly what I needed ;}
As I suspected, there are many packages which are there because
"everyone" needs &/or expects them. But I'm a particular unique
individual with peculiar goals.
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/aptitude/ch02s04s05.en.html
I wasn't aware of that manual. But that is exactly what I need for this
and other issues,
2. What section of the installer installs packages tagged as required?
I assume the answer will, in part, be a referral to some developer
oriented documentation. [My motivation is personal education rather
that creating the next "killer app].
You may want to ask this question in debian-boot (surprisingly, this
list appears to be the place to discuss d-i).
Thank you.
