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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Exploring package interrelationships |
| Date | 2019-04-14 14:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <xMMAq-6ME-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Long term goal: *personal* definition of a minimalist Debian
current goal: grok how packages interact
current *test case*/example: a very minimal install of MATE
An illustration of the opposite of what I want is task-mate-desktop.
It's description states:
> This task package is used to install the Debian desktop, featuring
> the MATE desktop environment, and with other packages that Debian
> users expect to have available on the desktop.In what I want only the top level menu headings [Applications Places
System] would exist. Under Applications the sub-headings [Accessories
Education Graphics etc] may exist but their contents would be empty.
proposed procedure:
Do a minimal install of a CLI system.
Follow with "apt-get install" of a very minimal set of MATE components.
[Pluma, Caja, and Synaptic would be included]
Under "https://packages.debian.org/stretch/" I have been exploring
entries under task-mate-desktop, mate-desktop-environment,
mate-desktop-environment-core, and desktop-base.
I'm do getting a good visualization of how to reach my goal. Something
that acted on repositories as apt-cache does on the current machine's
cache would be useful.
In past conversations it has been suggested that I do a typical install
and just un-install the un-desired elements:
That is undesirable for two primary reasons:
1. I would not reach my primary goal of "grok how packages interact".
2. Uncertainty of what the resulting "thing" would be.
[While channel surfing recently, I caught a visual example. A
children's show was exploring mixing and sorting. The 1st example
was putting colored balls in a glass bowl. There was no problem
separating the balls into 2 sets. The 2nd example was mixing two
glasses of water with red dye in one and green in the other. The
mixing could not be undone.]
Comments/suggestions/readings/search terms.
TIA
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Exploring package interrelationships Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-14 14:40 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-04-14 15:00 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-14 15:40 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-15 09:20 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-15 13:10 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-15 15:30 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-15 16:10 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-14 16:40 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Peter Wiersig <peter@friesenpeter.de> - 2019-04-15 10:40 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-15 16:00 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-15 16:20 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-15 17:20 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-15 18:00 +0200
Re: Exploring package interrelationships Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-15 18:40 +0200
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