Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Coile <scoile@nandomedia.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to tailor installation set? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306130939570.25975-100000@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <3EE9D7D1.1030801@potentialtech.com>
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Bill Moran wrote: [...] > Depends on the component and how the previous admin handled things. Most > FreeBSD users use the ports/package system to add/remove programs. The > docs are very good: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > > However, some parts of FreeBSD are part of "distribution sets" (such as > man pages, source and ports tree) I don't know of any automated way to > remove these from the system. I guess that's my point. FreeBSD is pretty big, even without the ports. My administration philosophy is "minimal function set": only install what will be used. I'd like a clean way to remove a component--for instance development tools, or X, or printing support--from the system without breaking any dependencies. -- Steve Coile Systems Administrator Nando Media ph: 919-861-1200 fax: 919-861-1300 e-mail: sysadmins@nandomedia.com http://www.nandomedia.com
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