Remove Unnecessary Packages and Other Random Tidbits

[Sam Lars]

Yes, I have that in there. I did actually use it when I was writing my first basic pygtk program, but I do think it's odd that it's installed with no visible link to it anywhere...
I might try organizing this differently, right now it's loosely upon program type.

[garethsimpsonuk]

gr8 guide by the way m8. I'm sure this will be very useful for ppl who want a server gui but need to remove a lot of the fat.

it's not very clear that when it says 'this is a dependency of ubuntu-desktop' that 'ubuntu-dekstop' wont actually be removed.

well done

[Sam Lars]

I'm not sure where you got that specific quote, but if ubuntu-desktop depends on something, and you remove that something, ubuntu-desktop will be removed, too. I added a comment about that before the removals section now. Thanks for mentioning it, I'm glad you like the guide.

[phoenix81000]

is there a way you can throw all this in an GUI, it be a great tool to install on a new system.. atm its a lot of typing and pasting. I made a small script which you can run which will remove most of the useless prgms, not the IF stuff just the plain useless junk. You can see it here http://pastebin.org/52100

#!/bin/sh
#
# Meuk Cleaner v0.2
#
clear
echo Created by Phoenix81000
echo Props to Sam Lars
echo http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=820804
sudo apt-get -q -y purge ubuntu-desktop bluez-gnome bluez-utils xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-data rss-glx screensaver-default-images tomboy ekiga libopal-2.2 xcursor-themes language-support-writing-en language-support-en language-support-translations-en myspell-en-za openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-help-en-gb openoffice.org-l10n-en-za openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au gimp-help-common yelp gimp-help-en gnome-user-guide diveintopython ubuntu-docs thunderbird-locale-en-gb ppp pppconfig pppoeconf wvdial xsane xsane-common tracker tracker-search-tool libdeskbar-tracker libtracker-gtk0 zenity gnome-games gnome-games-data gnome-cards-data scim scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-gtk2-immodule scim-modules-socket libscim8c2a brltty brltty-x11 gnome-app-install python-pyatspi at-spi mousetweaks gnome-mag gnome-orca bogofilter bogofilter-bdb libgsl0ldbl ubuntu-sounds example-content evolution-exchange evolution-webcal guile-1.6-libs gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-accessibility-themes eog deskbar-applet contact-lookup-applet fast-user-switch-applet splix min12xxw tsclient vino sound-juicer
echo cleaning...
sudo apt-get -q -y autoremove
sudo apt-get -q -y clean
clear
echo xxxx Meuk Remover Routine Completed! xxxx

My first attempt at a script anyway. Basically paste this in a new file and call it meukcleaner.sh then open a terminal and run it by sh meukcleaner.sh Saved me lots of time when i reinstall ubuntu



thx for the info though!

[Wim De Winter]

Very, very useful. Thanks a lot!

Found another package that I didn't need: libchewing, it's an intelligent phonetic input method library for Chinese. I don't need that!

[Sam Lars]

Wow, a GUI for this? That would be a lot of code. I've written a small program to have a GUI for rsync (accidentally lost it), and a smaller program to set my CPU governor (doesn't work), but nothing this big. I might take that as a long term project... gtkorphan is similar.
That's a great little script, thanks!
Somewhere along the line I have already removed that package, but I'll add it to the list. Thanks!

[Sam Lars]

I've added some packages to the script that phoenix81000 posted. A few that were autoremoved after the script anyway, some extra fonts, etc. I'll attach the modified script.
I reinstalled a couple of computers recently and it got me to thinking about writing a simple program for this.
But I'm a bit more understanding of the seemingly slow schedule that development has sometimes... I may have some time this fall to get that started. I'm sorting through NFS and wireless issues in the meantime...

[phoenix81000]

Well, its like a year later? idk..

Anyway did u ever end up making a gui? If not i will **** a friend of mine to do it ^^ I hope the script has been useful for others.

[Vadi]

ubuntu tweak (http://ubuntu-tweak.com/) now has this option

[aaronhahn777]

Thanks alot... this is great.