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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