Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-04-26 14:10:02) > On 04/26/2019 04:24 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-04-24 19:36:29) > >> My base setup was installed by doing > >> apt-get --no-install-recommends install task-mate-desktop > >> apt-get install pluma gparted synaptic > > > > I share your interest in installing minimal systems without the > > deroute of first installing too much and then removing unwanted > > parts. > > > > I understand from your subject that you deliberately chose to > > explore first creating a broken system and then attempt to unbreak > > it. > > It's not so much that I intentionally "broke" the system but I > eliminated the "noise" of a set of sub-optimal permutation of > recommends.
*plonk* > > Personally I use aptitude in fullscreen mode (i.e. run "aptitude" > > with no non-option arguments) to explore package relations > > (dependencies, recommendations, suggests, and enancements) > > interactively. > > "aptitude --show-XXX" may be what I've been looking for. Can you > recommend article/tutorial/examples I should read. Official documentation is good: https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude#Aptitude_User_Manual > > When I then have a set of explicit package selections possibly with > > explicit recommendation suppressions, I save those as classes for > > the tool "boxer" for reuse across many different larger system > > compositions. > > I found https://wiki.debian.org/Boxer . Is there more extensive > documentation/examples? Formal documentation is sorely lacking, unfortunately. Best example is... the Tinker project: > > If anyone is interested in collaborating on that approach, I welcome > > you to join the Debian Tinker project: > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTinker ...more specifically the boxer nodes most actively developed: https://salsa.debian.org/tinker-team/box/tree/master/nodes ...which corresponds to the images at https://box.redpill.dk/ - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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