From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 06:43:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA57037B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:43:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sacbee.com (filter.sacbee.com [206.107.198.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A9043FBD for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:43:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scoile@nandomedia.com) Received: by EXCHANGEMCC with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:45:37 -0700 Received: from [10.1.1.15] (10.1.1.15 [10.1.1.15]) by exchangemcc.mcclatchy.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id MZ03BR76; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:45:34 -0700 From: Steve Coile To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:18:23 -0400 (EDT) X-X-Sender: scoile@localhost.localdomain Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: How to tailor installation set? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:43:28 -0000 I'm relatively new to FreeBSD, having come into a position administering it only a few months ago. My experience is primarily with Red Hat Linux and Solaris. Please bear with me. On several other Unix variants which which I have experience, I could safely remove components of the operating system using the package management system. For instance, if I don't want Emacs installed, I could instruct the package management system (e.g. RPM) to remove Emacs, and all of the files associated with Emacs would be removed. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a way to remove individual components from FreeBSD. I noticed that I can choose not to install some (broad-based) components at the initial system installation. Is there a way to cleanly remove select components from the system after installation? -- Steve Coile