Hi, quick question that has always been on the back of my mind.
Is there ever a reason not to check Standard system utilities? I mean is this unadvised in 99% of installations?
Thanks.
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Standard system utilities
Re: Standard system utilities
The packages installed by that task can be seen by running this command:
If you're really trying to crunch Debian into a tiny space, you can probably skip it, but you'll probably end up installing a lot of those things explicitly to get a functional system.
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aptitude search ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant -F%p
Re: Standard system utilities
If I don't install the standard system utilities, will I still be able to connect to the internet and download a desktop environment, along with the utilities that come with it?admoore wrote: ↑2013-12-09 21:04 The packages installed by that task can be seen by running this command:
If you're really trying to crunch Debian into a tiny space, you can probably skip it, but you'll probably end up installing a lot of those things explicitly to get a functional system.Code: Select all
aptitude search ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant -F%p
How much space do the system utilities take up?
Thanks.
Re: Standard system utilities
This has been asked and discussed many times, for example:
viewtopic.php?t=118372
I’ve never seen it officially documented. You could do an install without, then run tasksel again and compare for pkgs and size difference.
viewtopic.php?t=118372
I’ve never seen it officially documented. You could do an install without, then run tasksel again and compare for pkgs and size difference.
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Re: Standard system utilities
I see. Thank you for the resource. I had searched the forums for all posts having "standard system utilities" as part of their title, but this thread is the only one that popped up.bw123 wrote: ↑2021-12-02 19:23 This has been asked and discussed many times, for example: viewtopic.php?t=118372
Oof. I'll leave that to someone else. I would like to start by having my system work first (having a lot of newbie issues.) Good call, though. I might try it in the future.
Peace.
Re: Standard system utilities
I'm not sure exim or another MTA is standard anymore, or rsyslog, mlocate, text mode mail, or even ifupdown... but there's surely good stuff in there. Used to be a text mode browser for documentation/faqs, man page utils and info documentation. reportbug might be in there or some of the debian alternatives system. And some math/science stuff like bc,
If you're not setting up a lean machine or a server you probably need it all.
Have fun
If you're not setting up a lean machine or a server you probably need it all.
Have fun
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