Minimum Required RPM Packages for Running Fedora
Suvayu Ali
fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 16:58:17 UTC 2010
On Wednesday 14 July 2010 09:38 AM, siavash ghiasvand wrote:
>> Everybody's list of "essential" packages is different. For example,
>> ...
>> remove and what is required by basic system packages).
>
>> There is no such description in all of fedora's documentation.
>> Also, your description of "unwanted" is too vague and may well
>> be ill defined.
>
>
> Thanks chris and JD
> It seams I couldn't describe my issue clearly.
>
> As you said, "passwd" or "less" may be or may not be essential for some users!
> But, without "udev" or "device-mapper" system couldn't boot at all;
> I'm looking for these packages, which are essential for a proper boot.
>
> Clearly: I need a minimal list of those packages which are "critical
> for booting" a system and without just one of those packages booting
> is impossible. (A truly minimal)
>
I would make a minimal LiveCD from a kickstart file. Then boot a virtual
machine with the iso. I would then try to remove what I consider "not
required" and double check the yum output for essential deps which might
have crept in. I would then use that to further streamline my kickstart.
Then rinse and repeat until satisfied.
If you feel like it, you might want to tell us _why_ you want this
"extreme minimal" install. There could be other solutions people can
suggest. For example if you want fewer packages to reduce disk space
requirements then there are efforts like febootstrap that reduce disk
usage to under 50 MB. If your requirement is because you want to use it
in a very specialised hardware for a very specialised application, even
then people might be able to suggest better alternatives.
To conclude, more complete information will be helpful.
> Siavash
GL
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