How does one get a clean installation of Fedora?

[আনন্দ কুমার সমাদ্দার Ananda Samaddar]

On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:49:42 +0200
lee <lee at yun.yagibdah.de> wrote:

> Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> writes:
> 
> > On 28/07/13 11:07, lee wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> how does one get a clean installation of Fedora?  "Clean" means
> >> that only those packages are installed that are actually needed
> >> and only those services are running that are actually needed.
> >
> > You can do a "minimal" install and then install just the
> > applications you want. That will draw in the packages that those
> > applications requre only. That will leave you with the smallest
> > install possible to suit your needs.
> 
> There is something wrong with these requirements.  I don't need avahi,
> for example, and it's impossible to remove without taking down the
> whole system.
> 
> > To do a minimal install, when the main anaconda (install) window
> > appears, click where it says "Gnome Desktop" and scroll down to find
> > "minimal". Note that a minimal install is very minimal. Expect to
> > take some time to find the packages you want/need.
> 
> A minimal install doesn't have a gui, and I don't need a gnome
> desktop. But if I did that, could I have installed what I have now
> without, for example, avahi installed?
> 
> 

It looks like you'd be better served using something like Arch if you
want minimalism.

Ananda