rebekah 2017-03-08 11:56:31
are there any particularly easy ways to remove all uncessary packages from a fresh install?
teraflops 2017-03-08 11:58:01
rebekah: if you do a fresh install do not install unnecessary packages
teraflops 2017-03-08 11:58:25
then you won't have to uninstall things right after installing debian
rebekah 2017-03-08 11:58:25
teraflops: well its a vps so its a 'fresh' install of whatever image they are using...
rebekah 2017-03-08 11:59:30
i would say even a minimal install of debian has extra packages that arent totally necessary installed (aptitude,etc)
teraflops 2017-03-08 11:59:41
rebekah: idk
coruja 2017-03-08 12:10:11
rebekah, you want to take a look at deborphan
rgr 2017-03-08 12:11:27
new install. what do I need to install in order to read system mail?
unborn 2017-03-08 12:12:36
rgr: ssh and just system base
rebekah 2017-03-08 12:13:05
coruja: ill take a look at that, thanks
rgr 2017-03-08 12:13:07
have both
rgr 2017-03-08 12:13:14
no "mail" program
unborn 2017-03-08 12:13:44
rgr: so install one
rgr 2017-03-08 12:14:15
unborn: what does that mean exactly? I dont want to install just anything. MI wondering where my command line spool reader is.
unborn 2017-03-08 12:20:57
rgr: you want to read system mail but no "mail" program... to read any text files be it logs or mails you can use nano.
unborn 2017-03-08 12:22:53
rgr: or perhaps.. http://www.johnkerl.org/doc/mail-how-to.html
