Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,19.Mar.10, 17:28:20, Greg Madden wrote: > I was refering to what Debian calls a 'base' intall and 'standard'. When you > install Debian (net install) the base system is installed, then a reboot is > done > to install any 'tasksel' (gnome the default or alternate desktops) items. i > th

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-20 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
2010/3/20 Stefan Monnier > > I suppose I can classify this as an experiment case, whereas I will > > likely later on try out various (which may include Apache, Samba, > > whatever really, etc) Debian packages on the system. This time I plan > > to keep better track of what I have installed so tha

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I suppose I can classify this as an experiment case, whereas I will > likely later on try out various (which may include Apache, Samba, > whatever really, etc) Debian packages on the system. This time I plan > to keep better track of what I have installed so that the packages can > be purged easi

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:06:02 -0500 wrote: > On 2010-03-19 21:26, Mike Viau wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:13:49 -0500 wrote: > [snip] > >> > >> I see no purpose, when you can do this at any time: > >> COLUMNS=180 dpkg -l | grep ^i | \ > >> cut -c4-44 > installed.packages.`date +"%Y%M

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-19 21:26, Mike Viau wrote: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:13:49 -0500 wrote: [snip] I see no purpose, when you can do this at any time: COLUMNS=180 dpkg -l | grep ^i | \ cut -c4-44 > installed.packages.`date +"%Y%M%d-%H%m"` Since that's obviously a pain to write, put it in an a

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri March 19 2010 19:14:21 Mike Viau wrote: > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:48:02 -0700 wrote: > > > > On Fri March 19 2010 12:55:47 Mike Viau wrote: > > > I was looking for a way to purge or remove all the packages that were > > > installed on a Debian system after the initial (bare bone) minima

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
m. This time I plan to keep better track > > of what I have installed so that the packages can be purged easily when I > > am finished with the application. > > > > > > Rogerio > > > > 2010/3/19 Greg Madden > > > > On Friday 19 March 2010 01:09

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Greg Madden
s time I plan to keep better track > of what I have installed so that the packages can be purged easily when I > am finished with the application. > > > Rogerio > > 2010/3/19 Greg Madden > > On Friday 19 March 2010 01:09:20 pm Mike Viau wrote: > > > Date: F

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:13:49 -0500 wrote: > > >> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:48:54 -0900 wrote: > >> > >> Would be nice to have a 'snapshot' feature to revert to. I have used > >> aptitude > >> (dselect) to get close to a standard install, base + standard is not that > >> many > >> package

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:48:02 -0700 wrote: > > On Fri March 19 2010 12:55:47 Mike Viau wrote: > > I was looking for a way to purge or remove all the packages that were > > installed on a Debian system after the initial (bare bone) minimal system > > installation. I have searched on Google fo

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:48:54 -0900 wrote: Would be nice to have a 'snapshot' feature to revert to. I have used aptitude (dselect) to get close to a standard install, base + standard is not that many packages, no X. Yes I agree it would be a very handy feature. What is the debian-user mail

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
> On Friday 19 March 2010 01:09:20 pm Mike Viau wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:40 +0100 > > > From: iod...@runbox.no > > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > > > > >

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
x.no > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > > > > Mike Viau wrote: > > > In essence I would like to revert my system back to a freshly > > > installed state, without reinstalling. Ult

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
9:20 pm Mike Viau wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:40 +0100 > > > From: iod...@runbox.no > > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > > > > > > Mike Viau wrote: > >

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 19 March 2010 01:09:20 pm Mike Viau wrote: > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:40 +0100 > > From: iod...@runbox.no > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > > > > Mike Viau wrote: > > >

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri March 19 2010 12:55:47 Mike Viau wrote: > I was looking for a way to purge or remove all the packages that were > installed on a Debian system after the initial (bare bone) minimal system > installation. I have searched on Google for "How to reduce a Debian system > to a base system" but it

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-19 15:21, Mike Viau wrote: [snip] I was hoping to find a solution for a currently running Debian system rather then to create a bare bone baseline or image... I did that once, for a little Debian-based router. Got it down to 250MB, even including Python and ssh. But that was m

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:40 +0100 > From: iod...@runbox.no > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > > Mike Viau wrote: > > In essence I would like to revert my system back to a freshly > > install

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Odd
Mike Viau wrote: In essence I would like to revert my system back to a freshly installed state, without reinstalling. Ultimatly is this possible? -snip- I was hoping to find a solution for a currently running Debian system rather then to create a bare bone baseline or image... Wouldn't the ea

RE: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Viau
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:02:30 -0500 > From: rac...@makeworld.com > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Mike Viau wrote: > > Hello Debian users, > > > &

Re: How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-19 Thread Chris
Mike Viau wrote: Hello Debian users, I was looking for a way to purge or remove all the packages that were installed on a Debian system _after_ the initial (bare bone) minimal system installation. I have searched on Google for "How to reduce a Debian system to a base system" but it seems like