Ubuntu 24.04 full install - list of optional packages

[davetheoldcoder]

When I installed Ubuntu 24.04, I selected the option to do a minimal install. Is there a list of the specific packages that would have been included if I had selected the option to do the more complete install?

[tea for one]

There is a comprehensive manifest list here
https://releases.ubuntu.com/noble/ub...amd64.manifest

I don't think that there is a list of packages removed (or not included) during the minimal installation.

[davetheoldcoder]

Thanks, that's helpful. I didn't think to look there. I'll hold off marking this as "solved" for a while, in case someone knows where to find a specific list. I'll try to create my own list by using that file to make a script that does a "dpkg --status" on each of those packages, unless I think of a better way.

[tea for one]

I had a quick look around for more info and stumbled across this answer about seed files.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1511...allation-and-f
Any use?

[davetheoldcoder]

That looks like the answer. Thanks!