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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Customising Debian install
From:       Heddle Weaver <weaver2world () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-05-05 21:07:54
Message-ID: BANLkTi=KLBeOQvGyH2hu5XNTXCL3m20CmQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 6 May 2011 06:08, Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 07:21:22PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> > On Thu, 05 May 2011 18:12:47 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote:
>
> > > For certain things like removing OpenOffice and replacing it with
> > > LibreOffice this approach works but is time consuming.  For other
> > > packages it just results in disaster, for example  Ive tried removing
> > > the empathy package and have inadvertently removed the entire OS.
> >
> > How is that? Empathy is just an IM client, it should be easily
> > removable :-?
>
> The problem here, I think, is that gnome-desktop-environment depends on
> empathy. As with many of these "all encomapssing" meta packages you are
> usually better off picking just the subset of packages that you actually
> want.
>

This is what I normally do, then use fluxbox or openbox for a smaller
installation.
Installing 'just what you want' drags in required dependencies but can lead,
sometimes, to a little instability I have found. Installing one or two other
related packages normally stabilises the situation though.
Regards,

Weaver.
-- 

Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 May 2011 06:08, Tom Furie <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tom@furie.org.uk">tom@furie.org.uk</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, May 05, 2011 at \
07:21:22PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:<br> &gt; On Thu, 05 May 2011 18:12:47 +0100, \
Andrew Wood wrote:<br> <br>
&gt; &gt; For certain things like removing OpenOffice and replacing it with<br>
&gt; &gt; LibreOffice this approach works but is time consuming.   For other<br>
&gt; &gt; packages it just results in disaster, for example   Ive tried removing<br>
&gt; &gt; the empathy package and have inadvertently removed the entire OS.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; How is that? Empathy is just an IM client, it should be easily<br>
&gt; removable :-?<br>
<br>
The problem here, I think, is that gnome-desktop-environment depends on<br>
empathy. As with many of these &quot;all encomapssing&quot; meta packages you are<br>
usually better off picking just the subset of packages that you actually<br>
want.<br></blockquote><div><br>This is what I normally do, then use fluxbox or \
openbox for a smaller installation.<br>Installing &#39;just what you want&#39; drags \
in required dependencies but can lead, sometimes, to a little instability I have \
found. Installing one or two other related packages normally stabilises the situation \
though.<br> Regards,<br><br>Weaver.<br clear="all"></div></div>-- <br>
<pre><font size="4">Religion is regarded by the common people as true, <br>by the \
wise as false, <br>and by the rulers as useful. <br><br>— Lucius Annæus \
Seneca.<br><br>Terrorism, the new religion.</font></pre> <br>


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