Author: Philip Stubbs Date: To: adam.trickett, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian, I installed the wrong bit
* Dr Adam J Trickett (adam.trickett@???) wrote: > On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 at 09:40:49AM +0000, john lewis wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:03:23 +0000
> > >
> > > I installed debian via netinstall yesterday and accepted the
> > > default install which has installed a lot of bits I don't want. Is
> > > it easier to reinstall from the beginning or is there a dpkg
> > > command that will allow me to run the program selection so that I
> > > can de-select the stuff I don't want and add the programs I do want?
> >
> > The default install does pull in a lot of stuff and for that reason I
> > only do a base install then use aptitude at the command line to
> > install the stuff I really want, tasksel is too broadbrush in its
> > approach.
>
> Ditto, Get the to the end of the install, skip the automatic selection,
> and then use aptitude to install the bits you actually want.
>
> When you install anying big like x, openoffice, kde or gnome, there is
> usually a core package and a meta-package of everthing, carefully
> chose the one you want.
>
> > You can use aptitude to remove packages and there is a sort
> > of 'graphical interface' you can use which so far as I know doesn't
> > need X. The interface isn't as user friendly as synaptic* but is a lot
> > friendlier than dpkg.
>
> Ditto, the command line interface is easy enough, the ncurses text user
> interface (TUI) is a bit unfriednly..
