View Full Version : [SOLVED] Making Sense of Package Lists
MikeFried
January 25th, 2012, 03:56 AM
Starting with the complete "list of sections in oneiric",
I've been looking for:
a) what set of packages makes up a "base" or "core" of a
system (my terms for what is common to desktop and server
editions) and
b) what set of packages is added to that "base" to make a
"server" and lastly
c) what set is added to that "base" to make a typical desktop.
For simplicity lets say I am thinking of a basic LAMP server
and a simple gnome-desktop without too many extras.
For reference - the categorized list is:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/
and the raw list is:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/allpackages
Can anyone point me in the right direction for this information?
Thanks.
jerrrys
January 25th, 2012, 04:39 AM
sudo apt-get install lightdm gnome-session-fallback
That will give you a desktop (GUI) with just about nothing in it.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/lightdm
http://packages.ubuntu.com/uk/oneiric/gnome-session-fallback
For a full blown system add "ubuntu-desktop".
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ubuntu-desktop
MikeFried
January 25th, 2012, 04:07 PM
Maybe I should ask it a different way.
I am wondering what the theoretical package list is, or some kind
of installation that results in a basic system with nothing but a shell.
No applications, tools, nothing other than maybe dpkg/apt to install
the rest.
From there I understand that part of your answer is how to put a
light weight desktop on that. But my interest is to find a starting
point for a specialty distribution or any distro for that matter.
jerrrys
January 25th, 2012, 04:38 PM
The starting point for any build would be a terminal install. This can be accomplish with either the "alternate install cd" (the F4 option) or mini iso.
MikeFried
January 25th, 2012, 08:00 PM
>>The starting point for any build would be a terminal install
And what is (or where is) the package list for that?
amauk
January 25th, 2012, 08:15 PM
the package "ubuntu-minimal" is the closest thing to a base package
This is a meta-package that depends on all the core stuff to get a minimally operational system
(Eg. for a single-purpose embedded device)
you can see what ubuntu-minimal pulls in by doing
apt-cache depends ubuntu-minimal
The next rung up the ladder is ubuntu-standard
This is a meta-package that depends on all the standard stuff to get a conventional multi-user install
(Eg. for a multi-purpose "server")
After that, you've got the desktop meta-packages
ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-netbook
plus the variants on each (kubuntu, lubuntu, xubuntu, etc.)
jerrrys
January 25th, 2012, 08:17 PM
And that would be ubuntu-standard
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-standard
EDIT: amauk has it right.
EDIT#2: http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?cx=006238239194895611142:u-ocqbntw_o&q=ubuntu-minimal+details+of+package&sa=Search&cof=FORID:9
MikeFried
January 25th, 2012, 08:42 PM
Thanks Amauk. That's what I was looking for.
jerrrys
January 25th, 2012, 08:49 PM
and one last link
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/SolvedThreads
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