Just an update: rm -r /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/* rm -r /usr/share/i18n/locales/*
got me down to around 104M. WIse ? not sure, but I'm sure I'll find out heh. But I did do some googling that suggests this is ok. We'll see. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 8:40 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > *try removing:* >> >> * apt-get remove aptitude aptitude-common dmidecode groff-base info* >> * install-info manpages man-db tasksel tasksel-data vim-common vim-tiny* >> * wget whiptail* > > > Thanks for your help Robert. Most of that was already removed but > whiptail, wget, and groff-base got me down to 119M. dmidecode did not > exist. All the rest I had removed. > > I would like to get it down further, as in like under 100M, but as it > stands. It is not all that bad. I mean there comes a time where everyone > starts feeling like they're picking nits . . . But that won't stop me from > reading more on the subject, and possibly removing unneeded kernel modules, > etc. > > "Worst case" I could always use your barefs, but figured I would play > around with this to give me a break from staring at a screen full of C ( > blankly I might add ) for a while. > > Part of this was that I wanted to test if I could debootstrap, reduce the > image a decent bit( and I've done that already - with your help too ), and > then pull in one of your linux-images, then use dd to "extract" MLO / > uboot.bin to create a working bootable system without even touching it with > a beaglebone prior to boot. > > Why ? Well it keeps me busy. Because I can, and I was curious . . . Thanks > again :) > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:17 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Ok, so now after apt-get update, I'm down to 137M versus 171M >> previously. >> > Lets see if apt-get clean does anything. >> > >> > Ok, nada on that front. So in order to shrink back to 122M I'll have to >> > delete the apt/lists. >> >> Oh yeah do: >> >> apt-get clean >> rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* >> >> Now that you've setup the apt/conf filters, you need to manually purge >> the apt lists.. (as they are now ignored thanks to the filters). >> >> > Nuking /user/share -> doc, man, and locales gave me back around >> 1.3-1.4M. >> > >> > So instead of boring you with the output of dpkg --get-selections. >> Would you >> > happen to know of a good "list" of packages to remove ? The debian wiki >> is a >> > bit less than forthcoming on this subject. But I did find a decent >> guide for >> > reducing Ubuntu which mostly seem applicable for this situation as well. >> >> try removing: >> >> apt-get remove aptitude aptitude-common dmidecode groff-base info >> install-info manpages man-db tasksel tasksel-data vim-common vim-tiny >> wget whiptail >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Robert Nelson >> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
