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01-08-2010, 02:16 AM
#1
Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,466
Rep:
Attempt to make CentOS Installation size < 400 MB
I have installed CentOS 5.4 with selecting the least package. The Aim is to make it least to < 400 MB. All I had this ananconda-ks.cfg file when it got installed:
Code:
# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.
install
cdrom
lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted $1$MpPd/Wzi$wbHw34wjGoE/H2ac/CW1M1
firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
selinux --enforcing
timezone --utc Asia/Kolkata
bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb quiet"
# The following is the partition information you requested
# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
# not guaranteed to work
#clearpart --linux
#part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100
#part swap --size=512
#part / --fstype ext3 --size=100 --grow
%packages
@admin-tools
@base
@core
@dns-server
@development-libs
@development-tools
@editors
@gnome-software-development
@graphical-internet
@java
@java-development
@legacy-network-server
@legacy-software-development
@legacy-software-support
@mail-server
@mysql
@network-server
@openfabrics-enterprise-distribution
@printing
@server-cfg
@system-tools
@text-internet
@web-server
@smb-server
@x-software-development
@base-x
keyutils
trousers
fipscheck
device-mapper-multipath
pth
perl-libxml-perl
perl-Convert-ASN1
pth-devel
python-imaging
imake
vim-X11
bsh-demo
telnet-server
talk-server
rsh-server
openssl097a
compat-openldap
openmotif22
openldap-servers
vnc-server
krb5-server
system-config-bind
system-config-boot
net-snmp-utils
mod_auth_kerb
mod_nss
mod_authz_ldap
mesa-libGLU-devel
xorg-x11-resutils
xorg-x11-xsm
xorg-x11-server-Xnest
xorg-x11-xfs-utils
xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
-sabayon
-system-config-lvm
-setroubleshoot
-system-config-kdump
-system-config-rootpassword
-acpid
-readahead
-ksh
-lftp
-crash
-coolkey
-numactl
-mgetty
-fbset
-man-pages
-dump
-dosfstools
-mdadm
-ftp
-nano
-finger
-irqbalance
-pcmciautils
-redhat-lsb
-mlocate
-sos
-mtools
-dos2unix
-microcode_ctl
-ibmasm
-cpuspeed
-iptstate
-specspo
-setuptool
-pinfo
-ipsec-tools
-rp-pppoe
-unix2dos
-mtr
-mkbootdisk
-tree
-irda-utils
-amtu
-rng-utils
-ypbind
-pax
-nc
-oddjob
-smartmontools
-ccid
-anacron
-telnet
-setarch
-eject
-bluez-utils
-logwatch
-gnupg
-talk
-gpm-devel
-xulrunner-devel
-xmlsec1-devel
-coolkey-devel
-boost-devel
-libuser-devel
-hesiod-devel
-libusb-devel
-libvorbis-devel
-splint
-valgrind
-systemtap
-subversion
-texinfo
-gcc-gfortran
-rcs
-ctags
-dogtail
-swig
-dev86
-doxygen
-cvs
-oprofile
-cscope
-libgnomeprintui22-devel
-eel2-devel
-gail-devel
-bug-buddy
-devhelp
-gnome-panel-devel
-libgtop2-devel
-gnome-desktop-devel
-evolution-data-server-devel
-at-spi-devel
-evolution
-nspluginwrapper
-gnome-themes
-evolution-webcal
-ekiga
-evolution-connector
-xmlrpc
-xmlrpc-javadoc
-dovecot
-spamassassin
-libmlx4
-libibverbs-utils
-perftest
-libsdp
-libnes
-openmpi
-libcxgb3
-dapl
-libibcm
-ofed-docs
-librdmacm-utils
-infiniband-diags
-qperf
-ibutils
-dapl-utils
-zsh
-zisofs-tools
-hwbrowser
-nmap
-xdelta
-bluez-hcidump
-OpenIPMI
-bluez-gnome
-slrn
-fetchmail
-mutt
-cadaver
-gdm
-synaptics
-linuxwacom
-glx-utils
-wdaemon
The Number of RPMs were: 774 earlier.
The Size was 2.0 GB. I started deleting non-required packages.
And now my list of rpm -qa > lattestone says:
Code:
centos-release-notes-5.4-4
rootfiles-8.1-1.1.1
mktemp-1.5-23.2.2
libSM-1.0.1-3.1
ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8
libgcrypt-1.4.4-5.el5
audiofile-0.2.6-5
libdaemon-0.10-5.el5
cpp-4.1.2-46.el5
libdrm-2.0.2-1.1
dmidecode-2.9-1.el5
libxslt-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2
ttmkfdir-3.0.9-23.el5
setserial-2.17-19.2.2
libXext-1.0.1-2.1
libXfixes-4.0.1-2.1
libXtst-1.0.1-3.1
libselinux-1.33.4-5.5.el5
python-2.4.3-27.el5
alsa-lib-1.0.17-1.el5
cryptsetup-luks-1.0.3-5.el5
audit-libs-python-1.7.13-2.el5
usermode-1.88-3.el5.2
postgresql-libs-8.1.11-1.el5_1.1
MAKEDEV-3.23-1.2
prelink-0.4.0-2.el5
gettext-0.14.6-4.el5
lockdev-1.0.1-10
dbus-libs-1.1.2-12.el5
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-18.el5
kbd-1.12-21.el5
pygobject2-doc-2.12.1-5.el5
elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5
libdbi-drivers-0.8.1a-1.2.2
glibc-headers-2.5-42
readline-devel-5.1-3.el5
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-8.el5
slang-devel-2.0.6-4.el5
db4-devel-4.3.29-10.el5
mx-2.0.6-2.2.2
mod_ssl-2.2.3-31.el5.centos
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138
libibverbs-1.1.2-4.el5
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137-3.el5
fontconfig-devel-2.4.1-7.el5
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-23.el5
newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5
mod_authz_ldap-0.26-9.el5
basesystem-8.0-5.1.1.el5.centos
nash-5.1.19.6-54
kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.el5
gnu-efi-3.0c-1.1
libgcc-4.1.2-46.el5
glib2-2.12.3-4.el5_3.1
audit-libs-1.7.13-2.el5
libcap-1.10-26
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
info-4.8-14.el5
nspr-4.7.4-1.el5_3.1
gawk-3.1.5-14.el5
sqlite-3.3.6-5
libgpg-error-1.4-2
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5
gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1
less-394-6.el5
tcl-8.4.13-4.el5
libfontenc-1.0.2-2.2.el5
hesiod-3.1.0-8
iptables-ipv6-1.3.5-5.3.el5
keyutils-1.2-1.el5
cpio-2.6-23.el5
gpm-1.20.1-74.1
procmail-3.22-17.1.el5.centos
pkgconfig-0.21-2.el5
checkpolicy-1.33.1-4.el5
libvolume_id-095-14.21.el5
sysfsutils-2.0.0-6
jwhois-3.2.3-8.el5
attr-2.4.32-1.1
nss-tools-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5.centos.2
m4-1.4.5-3.el5.1
vconfig-1.9-2.1
zip-2.31-2.el5
hdparm-6.6-2
libart_lgpl-2.3.17-4
netpbm-10.35.58-8.el5
centos-release-5-4.el5.centos.1
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5
libXmu-1.0.2-5
libXinerama-1.0.1-2.1
libXpm-3.5.5-3
libXres-1.0.1-3.1
libXxf86dga-1.0.1-3.1
startup-notification-0.8-4.1
libXevie-1.0.1-3.1
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-23.el5
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5
cairo-1.2.4-5.el5
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5
logrotate-3.7.4-9
libgssapi-0.10-2
mesa-libGLU-6.5.1-7.7.el5
qt-3.3.6-23.el5
pygobject2-2.12.1-5.el5
libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.5.el5
pam-0.99.6.2-6.el5
passwd-0.73-1
SysVinit-2.86-15.el5
bind-libs-9.3.6-4.P1.el5
nscd-2.5-42
vim-minimal-7.0.109-6.el5
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
sudo-1.6.9p17-5.el5
hpijs-1.6.7-4.1.el5.4
at-3.1.8-82.fc6
samba-common-3.0.33-3.14.el5
gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1
pyxf86config-0.3.31-2.fc6
curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5
lsof-4.78-3
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5
kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.el5
dbus-glib-0.73-8.el5
policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.6.el5
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5
dhclient-3.0.5-21.el5
dnsmasq-2.45-1.el5_2.1
vixie-cron-4.1-76.el5
openssh-server-4.3p2-36.el5
dhcpv6-client-1.0.10-17.el5
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos
kernel-2.6.18-164.el5
nfs-utils-1.0.9-42.el5
gmp-4.1.4-10.el5
gdb-6.8-37.el5
libdbi-0.8.1-2.1
libgpg-error-devel-1.4-2
libattr-devel-2.4.32-1.1
libgomp-4.4.0-6.el5
diffstat-1.41-1.2.3.el5
libmng-devel-1.0.9-5.1
nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5.centos.2
libXau-devel-1.0.1-3.1
pcsc-lite-devel-1.4.4-0.1.el5
gmp-devel-4.1.4-10.el5
libtiff-devel-3.8.2-7.el5_3.4
libart_lgpl-devel-2.3.17-4
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.2.1
libxslt-python-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2
alchemist-1.0.36-2.el5
webalizer-2.01_10-30.1
sgml-common-0.6.3-18
httpd-manual-2.2.3-31.el5.centos
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
gcc-4.1.2-46.el5
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5
openmotif22-2.2.3-18
xrestop-0.2-6.2.2
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5
Xaw3d-1.5E-10.1
libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.8
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.17-1.el5
pam-devel-0.99.6.2-6.el5
mod_auth_kerb-5.1-3.el5
screen-4.0.3-1.el5
filesystem-2.4.0-2.el5.centos
glibc-common-2.5-42
desktop-backgrounds-basic-2.0-41.el5.centos
mailcap-2.1.23-1.fc6
chkconfig-1.3.30.1-2
libstdc++-4.1.2-46.el5
libICE-1.0.1-2.1
atk-1.12.2-1.fc6
bash-3.2-24.el5
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3
sed-4.1.5-5.fc6
cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-5.el5
keyutils-libs-1.2-1.el5
elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5
libusb-0.1.12-5.1
procps-3.2.7-11.1.el5
iptables-1.3.5-5.3.el5
ORBit2-2.14.3-5.el5
libogg-1.1.3-3.el5
libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.3.el5_1
libmng-1.0.9-5.1
hmaccalc-0.9.6-1.el5
groff-1.18.1.1-11.1
desktop-file-utils-0.10-7
grep-2.5.1-55.el5
libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1
mingetty-1.07-5.2.2
bc-1.06-21
rsync-2.6.8-3.1
udftools-1.0.0b3-0.1.el5
ed-0.2-39.el5_2
traceroute-2.0.1-5.el5
pam_smb-1.1.7-7.2.1
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5
libFS-1.0.0-3.1
pcsc-lite-libs-1.4.4-0.1.el5
crontabs-1.10-8
libXt-1.0.2-3.1.fc6
libXi-1.0.1-3.1
libXxf86misc-1.0.1-3.1
libXTrap-1.0.0-3.1
libxkbfile-1.0.3-3.1
grub-0.97-13.5
device-mapper-1.02.32-1.el5
krb5-libs-1.6.1-36.el5
fontconfig-2.4.1-7.el5
pango-1.14.9-6.el5.centos
kpartx-0.4.7-30.el5
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5
nfs-utils-lib-1.0.8-7.6.el5
paps-0.6.6-18.el5
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos
cracklib-2.8.9-3.3
libuser-0.54.7-2.el5.5
which-2.16-7
net-snmp-libs-5.3.2.2-7.el5
ppp-2.4.4-2.el5
lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5
libselinux-utils-1.33.4-5.5.el5
apr-util-1.2.7-7.el5_3.2
PyQt-3.16-4
pam_pkcs11-0.5.3-23
SDL-1.2.10-8.el5
alsa-utils-1.0.17-1.el5
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.131.el5
python-numeric-23.7-2.2.2
wget-1.11.4-2.el5
pkinit-nss-0.7.6-1.el5
parted-1.8.1-23.el5
nss_db-2.2-35.3
hicolor-icon-theme-0.9-2.1
dbus-1.1.2-12.el5
openssh-4.3p2-36.el5
dmraid-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5
wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-8.el5
cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-5.el5
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5
setools-3.0-3.el5
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-13.el5.centos
yum-updatesd-0.9-2.el5
pciutils-devel-2.2.3-7.el5
bsh-manual-1.3.0-9jpp.1
indent-2.2.9-14.fc6
nspr-devel-4.7.4-1.el5_3.1
libjpeg-devel-6b-37
bison-2.3-2.1
rwho-0.17-26
byacc-1.9-29.2.2
libacl-devel-2.2.39-3.el5
libgcrypt-devel-1.4.4-5.el5
pstack-1.2-7.2.2
sqlite-devel-3.3.6-5
pygtk2-codegen-2.10.1-12.el5
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5
distcache-1.4.5-14.1
xterm-215-8.el5
xml-common-0.6.3-18
dejavu-lgc-fonts-2.10-1
openjade-1.3.2-27
pth-2.0.7-6.el5
openib-1.4.1-3.el5
libXcomposite-0.3-5.1
tix-8.4.0-11.fc6
gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5
libselinux-devel-1.33.4-5.5.el5
cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-5.el5
openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1
libxslt-devel-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2
openldap-devel-2.3.43-3.el5
krb5-devel-1.6.1-36.el5
gtk-doc-1.7-1.fc6
setup-2.5.58-7.el5
tzdata-2009k-1.el5
termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1
comps-extras-11.1-1.1.el5.centos
words-3.0-9.1
zlib-1.2.3-3
popt-1.10.2.3-18.el5
libjpeg-6b-37
db4-4.3.29-10.el5
libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5
readline-5.1-3.el5
bzip2-libs-1.0.3-4.el5_2
libacl-2.2.39-3.el5
libXau-1.0.1-3.1
libtiff-3.8.2-7.el5_3.4
gnutls-1.4.1-3.el5_2.1
iproute-2.6.18-10.el5
libIDL-0.8.7-1.fc6
libsysfs-2.0.0-6
libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_3.3
lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2
vim-common-7.0.109-6.el5
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5
iputils-20020927-46.el5
pcre-6.6-2.el5_1.7
libevent-1.1a-3.2.1
ethtool-6-3.el5
sgpio-1.2.0_10-2.el5
acl-2.2.39-3.el5
shared-mime-info-0.19-5.el5
time-1.7-27.2.2
file-4.17-15.el5_3.1
symlinks-1.2-24.2.2
rdist-6.1.5-44
libaio-0.3.106-3.2
patch-2.5.4-29.2.3.el5
redhat-menus-6.7.8-3.el5
bitstream-vera-fonts-1.10-7
libXrender-0.9.1-3.1
libXxf86vm-1.0.1-3.1
libXcursor-1.1.7-1.1
libXfontcache-1.0.2-3.1
libdmx-1.0.2-3.1
libXdamage-1.0.3-2.1
tk-8.4.13-5.el5_1.1
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5
coreutils-5.97-23.el5
openldap-2.3.43-3.el5
libXft-2.1.10-1.1
e2fsprogs-1.39-23.el5
rhpl-0.194.1-1
psmisc-22.2-7
esound-0.2.36-3
ntsysv-1.3.30.1-2
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5
authconfig-5.3.21-6.el5
sip-4.4.5-3
libpcap-0.9.4-14.el5
device-mapper-event-1.02.32-1.el5
net-tools-1.60-78.el5
nss_ldap-253-21.el5
krb5-workstation-1.6.1-36.el5
pam_ccreds-3-5
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.2
sox-12.18.1-1
python-ldap-2.2.0-2.1
PyXML-0.8.4-4
tcpdump-3.9.4-14.el5
psacct-6.3.2-44.el5
libutempter-1.1.4-4.el5
htmlview-4.0.0-2.el5
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.centos
rpm-4.4.2.3-18.el5
dbus-python-0.70-7.el5
sysklogd-1.4.1-44.el5
portmap-4.0-65.2.2.1
dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.54.el5
kudzu-devel-1.2.57.1.21-1.el5.centos
unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1
zlib-devel-1.2.3-3
libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-46.1
libpfm-3.2-0.060926.4.el5
elfutils-0.137-3.el5
flex-2.5.4a-41.fc6
rusers-0.17-47
glibc-devel-2.5-42
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3
libfontenc-devel-1.0.2-2.2.el5
libdrm-devel-2.0.2-1.1
gdbm-devel-1.8.0-26.2.1
keyutils-libs-devel-1.2-1.el5
libcap-devel-1.10-26
httpd-2.2.3-31.el5.centos
mod_python-3.2.8-3.1
opensp-1.5.2-4
compat-libf2c-34-3.4.6-4
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
libXvMC-1.0.2-2.1
librdmacm-1.0.8-5.el5
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4
python-devel-2.4.3-27.el5
openldap-clients-2.3.43-3.el5
lockdev-devel-1.0.1-10
bsh-javadoc-1.3.0-9jpp.1
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5
dbus-devel-1.1.2-12.el5
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5
mod_nss-1.0.3-8.el5
krb5-server-1.6.1-36.el5
cracklib-dicts-2.8.9-3.3
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5
glibc-2.5-42
expat-1.95.8-8.2.1
tcp_wrappers-7.6-40.7.el5
nss-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5.centos.2
libattr-2.4.32-1.1
libidn-0.6.5-1.1
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.centos
slang-2.0.6-4.el5
make-3.81-3.el5
gamin-0.1.7-8.el5
wireless-tools-28-2.el5
cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-5.el5
unzip-5.52-3.el5
pam_passwdqc-1.0.2-1.2.2
rsh-0.17-40.el5
redhat-logos-4.9.99-11.el5.centos
libXrandr-1.1.1-3.1
libXaw-1.0.2-8.1
libXv-1.0.1-4.1
libXScrnSaver-1.1.0-3.1
findutils-4.2.27-6.el5
newt-0.52.2-12.el5
mesa-libGL-6.5.1-7.7.el5
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-30.el5
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5
udev-095-14.21.el5
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8
apr-1.2.7-11.el5_3.1
bind-utils-9.3.6-4.P1.el5
pam_krb5-2.2.14-10
pycairo-1.2.0-1.1
pyorbit-2.14.1-3.el5
tcsh-6.14-14.el5
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5
mcstrans-0.2.11-3.el5
openssh-clients-4.3p2-36.el5
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-54
libtool-ltdl-1.5.22-6.1
ltrace-0.5-13.45svn.el5
pfmon-3.2-0.060926.5.el5
libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libogg-devel-1.1.3-3.el5
libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5
bitmap-fonts-0.3-5.1.1
compat-libgcc-296-2.96-138
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4
compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-4
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-3.el5
Its total RPM are :439.
The df -h says:
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 1.2G 13G 9% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]#
It has reached to 1.2 GB.
What package I can delete without actually interfering with system operations.
Last edited by your_shadow03; 01-08-2010 at 02:17 AM .
01-08-2010, 02:37 AM
#2
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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Japan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
your_shadow03
What package I can delete without actually interfering with system operations.
You need to specify what you want the machine to do. Eg. Is it just a web server? Then get rid of X.
However assuming you are not going to be compiling anything on this machine you could emove *-devel and *gcc* packages. You can also get rid of any locales that you don't use (not sure how this is set up on CentOS).
Evo2.
01-08-2010, 02:46 AM
#3
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First you get a definite idea which things you dont need because linux include development libraries, gui, packages, servers, utilities etc, i think you can get some idea by referring how to build own linux distro from linux scratch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
01-08-2010, 02:58 AM
#4
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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware
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Original Poster
Rep:
Sorry for the missing point.
All I want to run is Fedora DS on this Machine.
I need openLDAP, JAVA and PAM as a least package.
I just wnat to install fedora DS RPM Pkg.Thats it.
01-08-2010, 03:04 AM
#5
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Location: Germany
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Rep:
*-devel* removal made it to 884 MB...Great !!
But when I am trying to remove:
#yum remove *gcc* it displays each and every package to remove:
Code:
bc-headers i386 2.5-42 installed 2.0 M
gmp i386 4.1.4-10.el5 installed 1.7 M
gnutls i386 1.4.1-3.el5_2.1 installed 813 k
gpm i386 1.20.1-74.1 installed 306 k
grep i386 2.5.1-55.el5 installed 428 k
groff i386 1.18.1.1-11.1 installed 5.1 M
grub i386 0.97-13.5 installed 1.0 M
gtk-doc noarch 1.7-1.fc6 installed 405 k
gzip i386 1.3.5-10.el5.centos installed 173 k
hdparm i386 6.6-2 installed 74 k
hesiod i386 3.1.0-8 installed 20 k
hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.9-2.1 installed 17 k
hmaccalc i386 0.9.6-1.el5 installed 78 k
htmlview noarch 4.0.0-2.el5 installed 5.4 k
httpd i386 2.2.3-31.el5.centos installed 3.1 M
httpd-manual i386 2.2.3-31.el5.centos installed 3.4 M
indent i386 2.2.9-14.fc6 installed 187 k
info i386 4.8-14.el5 installed 267 k
initscripts i386 8.45.30-2.el5.centos installed 5.2 M
iproute i386 2.6.18-10.el5 installed 2.0 M
iputils i386 20020927-46.el5 installed 262 k
jwhois i386 3.2.3-8.el5 installed 255 k
kbd i386 1.12-21.el5 installed 2.5 M
kernel i686 2.6.18-164.el5 installed 41 M
keyutils i386 1.2-1.el5 installed 60 k
keyutils-libs i386 1.2-1.el5 installed 32 k
kpartx i386 0.4.7-30.el5 installed 867 k
krb5-libs i386 1.6.1-36.el5 installed 1.4 M
krb5-server i386 1.6.1-36.el5 installed 1.1 M
krb5-workstation i386 1.6.1-36.el5 installed 1.6 M
lcms i386 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2 installed 391 k
less i386 394-6.el5 installed 166 k
libFS i386 1.0.0-3.1 installed 51 k
libICE i386 1.0.1-2.1 installed 106 k
libIDL i386 0.8.7-1.fc6 installed 198 k
libSM i386 1.0.1-3.1 installed 46 k
libacl i386 2.2.39-3.el5 installed 24 k
libaio i386 0.3.106-3.2 installed 31 k
libart_lgpl i386 2.3.17-4 installed 153 k
libattr i386 2.4.32-1.1 installed 14 k
libcap i386 1.10-26 installed 43 k
libdaemon i386 0.10-5.el5 installed 48 k
libdbi i386 0.8.1-2.1 installed 73 k
libdbi-drivers i386 0.8.1a-1.2.2 installed 26 k
libdrm i386 2.0.2-1.1 installed 28 k
libevent i386 1.1a-3.2.1 installed 31 k
libfontenc i386 1.0.2-2.2.el5 installed 23 k
libgcrypt i386 1.4.4-5.el5 installed 512 k
libgomp i386 4.4.0-6.el5 installed 94 k
libgpg-error i386 1.4-2 installed 187 k
libgssapi i386 0.10-2 installed 35 k
libhugetlbfs i386 1.3-3.el5 installed 79 k
libibverbs i386 1.1.2-4.el5 installed 95 k
libidn i386 0.6.5-1.1 installed 586 k
libjpeg i386 6b-37 installed 267 k
libmng i386 1.0.9-5.1 installed 424 k
libogg i386 2:1.1.3-3.el5 installed 24 k
libpcap i386 14:0.9.4-14.el5 installed 192 k
libpfm i386 3.2-0.060926.4.el5 installed 138 k
libpng i386 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2 installed 567 k
librdmacm i386 1.0.8-5.el5 installed 40 k
libselinux i386 1.33.4-5.5.el5 installed 90 k
libselinux-python i386 1.33.4-5.5.el5 installed 128 k
libselinux-utils i386 1.33.4-5.5.el5 installed 40 k
libsemanage i386 1.9.1-4.4.el5 installed 380 k
libsepol i386 1.15.2-2.el5 installed 238 k
libstdc++ i386 4.1.2-46.el5 installed 904 k
libsysfs i386 2.0.0-6 installed 136 k
libtermcap i386 2.0.8-46.1 installed 11 k
libtiff i386 3.8.2-7.el5_3.4 installed 723 k
libtool-ltdl i386 1.5.22-6.1 installed 50 k
libuser i386 0.54.7-2.el5.5 installed 1.5 M
libutempter i386 1.1.4-4.el5 installed 36 k
libvolume_id i386 095-14.21.el5 installed 30 k
libvorbis i386 1:1.1.2-3.el5_3.3 installed 1.2 M
libxml2 i386 2.6.26-2.1.2.8 installed 1.5 M
libxml2-python i386 2.6.26-2.1.2.8 installed 2.3 M
libxslt i386 1.1.17-2.el5_2.2 installed 1.8 M
libxslt-python i386 1.1.17-2.el5_2.2 installed 306 k
lockdev i386 1.0.1-10 installed 21 k
logrotate i386 3.7.4-9 installed 53 k
lsof i386 4.78-3 installed 830 k
lvm2 i386 2.02.46-8.el5 installed 5.8 M
m2crypto i386 0.16-6.el5.6 installed 1.7 M
m4 i386 1.4.5-3.el5.1 installed 241 k
make i386 1:3.81-3.el5 installed 1.0 M
mcstrans i386 0.2.11-3.el5 installed 20 k
mingetty i386 1.07-5.2.2 installed 29 k
mkinitrd i386 5.1.19.6-54 installed 915 k
mktemp i386 3:1.5-23.2.2 installed 13 k
mod_auth_kerb i386 5.1-3.el5 installed 30 k
mod_authz_ldap i386 0.26-9.el5 installed 187 k
mod_nss i386 1.0.3-8.el5 installed 197 k
mod_python i386 3.2.8-3.1 installed 1.1 M
mod_ssl i386 1:2.2.3-31.el5.centos installed 173 k
module-init-tools i386 3.3-0.pre3.1.54.el5 installed 783 k
mx i386 2.0.6-2.2.2 installed 2.1 M
ncurses i386 5.5-24.20060715 installed 2.7 M
net-snmp-libs i386 1:5.3.2.2-7.el5 installed 3.2 M
net-tools i386 1.60-78.el5 installed 746 k
netpbm i386 10.35.58-8.el5 installed 2.1 M
newt i386 0.52.2-12.el5 installed 237 k
nscd i386 2.5-42 installed 114 k
nspr i386 4.7.4-1.el5_3.1 installed 245 k
nss i386 3.12.3.99.3-1.el5.centos.2 installed 2.6 M
nss-tools i386 3.12.3.99.3-1.el5.centos.2 installed 2.9 M
nss_db i386 2.2-35.3 installed 1.6 M
nss_ldap i386 253-21.el5 installed 3.3 M
ntsysv i386 1.3.30.1-2 installed 20 k
openib noarch 1.4.1-3.el5 installed 26 k
openjade i386 1.3.2-27 installed 3.2 M
openldap i386 2.3.43-3.el5 installed 593 k
openldap-clients i386 2.3.43-3.el5 installed 366 k
opensp i386 1.5.2-4 installed 2.9 M
openssh i386 4.3p2-36.el5 installed 727 k
openssh-clients i386 4.3p2-36.el5 installed 847 k
openssh-server i386 4.3p2-36.el5 installed 475 k
openssl i686 0.9.8e-12.el5 installed 3.3 M
openssl097a i386 0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1 installed 2.0 M
pam i386 0.99.6.2-6.el5 installed 2.4 M
pam_ccreds i386 3-5 installed 32 k
pam_krb5 i386 2.2.14-10 installed 254 k
pam_passwdqc i386 1.0.2-1.2.2 installed 51 k
pam_pkcs11 i386 0.5.3-23 installed 758 k
pam_smb i386 1.1.7-7.2.1 installed 66 k
parted i386 1.8.1-23.el5 installed 1.3 M
passwd i386 0.73-1 installed 23 k
patch i386 2.5.4-29.2.3.el5 installed 105 k
pcre i386 6.6-2.el5_1.7 installed 219 k
pcsc-lite-libs i386 1.4.4-0.1.el5 installed 35 k
pfmon i386 3.2-0.060926.5.el5 installed 1.4 M
pkgconfig i386 1:0.21-2.el5 installed 107 k
pkinit-nss i386 0.7.6-1.el5 installed 594 k
policycoreutils i386 1.33.12-14.6.el5 installed 2.0 M
popt i386 1.10.2.3-18.el5 installed 124 k
portmap i386 4.0-65.2.2.1 installed 57 k
postgresql-libs i386 8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 installed 495 k
ppp i386 2.4.4-2.el5 installed 811 k
prelink i386 0.4.0-2.el5 installed 1.7 M
procps i386 3.2.7-11.1.el5 installed 363 k
psacct i386 6.3.2-44.el5 installed 98 k
psmisc i386 22.2-7 installed 149 k
pstack i386 1.2-7.2.2 installed 887
pth i386 2.0.7-6.el5 installed 246 k
pygobject2 i386 2.12.1-5.el5 installed 270 k
pygtk2-codegen i386 2.10.1-12.el5 installed 678 k
pyorbit i386 2.14.1-3.el5 installed 101 k
python i386 2.4.3-27.el5 installed 21 M
python-elementtree i386 1.2.6-5 installed 299 k
python-iniparse noarch 0.2.3-4.el5 installed 131 k
python-ldap i386 2.2.0-2.1 installed 497 k
python-numeric i386 23.7-2.2.2 installed 1.8 M
python-sqlite i386 1.1.7-1.2.1 installed 115 k
python-urlgrabber noarch 3.1.0-5.el5 installed 467 k
pyxf86config i386 0.3.31-2.fc6 installed 168 k
rdist i386 1:6.1.5-44 installed 162 k
readline i386 5.1-3.el5 installed 337 k
redhat-logos noarch 4.9.99-11.el5.centos installed 27 M
redhat-menus noarch 6.7.8-3.el5 installed 731 k
rhpl i386 0.194.1-1 installed 914 k
rpm i386 4.4.2.3-18.el5 installed 3.5 M
rpm-libs i386 4.4.2.3-18.el5 installed 2.0 M
rpm-python i386 4.4.2.3-18.el5 installed 118 k
rsh i386 0.17-40.el5 installed 62 k
rsync i386 2.6.8-3.1 installed 392 k
rusers i386 0.17-47 installed 26 k
rwho i386 0.17-26 installed 32 k
samba-common i386 3.0.33-3.14.el5 installed 22 M
screen i386 4.0.3-1.el5 installed 739 k
sed i386 4.1.5-5.fc6 installed 321 k
setools i386 3.0-3.el5 installed 2.9 M
setserial i386 2.17-19.2.2 installed 29 k
sgml-common noarch 0.6.3-18 installed 131 k
sgpio i386 1.2.0_10-2.el5 installed 13 k
shadow-utils i386 2:4.0.17-14.el5 installed 2.6 M
shared-mime-info i386 0.19-5.el5 installed 800 k
sip i386 4.4.5-3 installed 551 k
slang i386 2.0.6-4.el5 installed 813 k
sox i386 12.18.1-1 installed 659 k
sqlite i386 3.3.6-5 installed 413 k
sudo i386 1.6.9p17-5.el5 installed 457 k
symlinks i386 1.2-24.2.2 installed 8.8 k
sysfsutils i386 2.0.0-6 installed 109 k
sysklogd i386 1.4.1-44.el5 installed 118 k
tar i386 2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5 installed 1.6 M
tcl i386 8.4.13-4.el5 installed 2.7 M
tcp_wrappers i386 7.6-40.7.el5 installed 241 k
tcpdump i386 14:3.9.4-14.el5 installed 942 k
time i386 1.7-27.2.2 installed 17 k
tmpwatch i386 2.9.7-1.1.el5.2 installed 16 k
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api i386 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2 installed 250 k
traceroute i386 3:2.0.1-5.el5 installed 58 k
ttmkfdir i386 3.0.9-23.el5 installed 99 k
udev i386 095-14.21.el5 installed 5.0 M
udftools i386 1.0.0b3-0.1.el5 installed 164 k
unixODBC i386 2.2.11-7.1 installed 1.8 M
unzip i386 5.52-3.el5 installed 285 k
usermode i386 1.88-3.el5.2 installed 535 k
util-linux i386 2.13-0.52.el5 installed 4.5 M
vim-common i386 2:7.0.109-6.el5 installed 15 M
vim-minimal i386 2:7.0.109-6.el5 installed 581 k
vixie-cron i386 4:4.1-76.el5 installed 619 k
wget i386 1.11.4-2.el5 installed 1.4 M
which i386 2.16-7 installed 31 k
wireless-tools i386 1:28-2.el5 installed 176 k
wpa_supplicant i386 1:0.5.10-8.el5 installed 592 k
xml-common noarch 0.6.3-18 installed 1.1 k
yum noarch 3.2.22-20.el5.centos installed 3.2 M
yum-fastestmirror noarch 1.1.16-13.el5.centos installed 47 k
yum-metadata-parser i386 1.1.2-3.el5.centos installed 53 k
yum-updatesd noarch 1:0.9-2.el5 installed 55 k
zip i386 2.31-2.el5 installed 295 k
zlib i386 1.2.3-3 installed 77 k
Transaction Summary
==============================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 301 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: N
Exiting on user Command
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]#
I dont think its safe to remove that.
Last edited by your_shadow03; 01-08-2010 at 03:11 AM .
01-08-2010, 04:02 AM
#6
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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Germany
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,466
Original Poster
Rep:
As I tried removing packages, now something weird happened.
I am unable to get IP from dhcp.
What package I need to install?
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01-08-2010, 04:15 AM
#7
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Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Russia
Distribution: Gentoo, LFS
Posts: 399
Rep:
if you can't deal with centos, use different distro.
say, gentoo, debian or slack.
/dev/sda3 is 14G, why you waste your and our time to make it 250 or 400M? next i suppose will be 600. I already mentioned debian takes around 400M, with some tweaks you can make a router system from it, will only take 100-150M. or even less.
01-08-2010, 05:10 AM
#8
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Location: Japan
Distribution: Mostly Debian and CentOS
Posts: 6,724
Quote:
Originally Posted by
your_shadow03
As I tried removing packages, now something weird happened.
I am unable to get IP from dhcp.
What package I need to install?
What package did you uninstall?
Evo2.
01-08-2010, 05:10 AM
#9
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Location: Germany
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Posts: 1,466
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Rep:
Guys..
I started again installing CentOS 5.4 just to install from First CD deselecting every additional packages and it come up with:
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 672M 13G 5% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]#
I tried removing selinux, iptables from the yum remove <pkgname> utility.
I am sure it can brought to 400 MB.
Here is the list of latest rpm -qa .
Code:
filesystem-2.4.0-2.el5.centos
tzdata-2009k-1.el5
cracklib-dicts-2.8.9-3.3
centos-release-notes-5.4-4
libgcc-4.1.2-46.el5
rootfiles-8.1-1.1.1
zlib-1.2.3-3
glib2-2.12.3-4.el5_3.1
popt-1.10.2.3-18.el5
expat-1.95.8-8.2.1
bash-3.2-24.el5
libsepol-1.15.2-2.el5
nspr-4.7.4-1.el5_3.1
readline-5.1-3.el5
sed-4.1.5-5.fc6
elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5
libgpg-error-1.4-2
libgcrypt-1.4.4-5.el5
libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libacl-2.2.39-3.el5
libcap-1.10-26
libtiff-3.8.2-7.el5_3.4
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5
slang-2.0.6-4.el5
libXau-1.0.1-3.1
iproute-2.6.18-10.el5
gnutls-1.4.1-3.el5_2.1
grep-2.5.1-55.el5
hmaccalc-0.9.6-1.el5
less-394-6.el5
cpio-2.6-23.el5
iputils-20020927-46.el5
checkpolicy-1.33.1-4.el5
ethtool-6-3.el5
wireless-tools-28-2.el5
libvolume_id-095-14.21.el5
sgpio-1.2.0_10-2.el5
libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1
udftools-1.0.0b3-0.1.el5
file-4.17-15.el5_3.1
hdparm-6.6-2
centos-release-5-4.el5.centos.1
crontabs-1.10-8
xorg-x11-filesystem-7.1-2.fc6
libXrender-0.9.1-3.1
libXfixes-4.0.1-2.1
libXrandr-1.1.1-3.1
libXinerama-1.0.1-2.1
libselinux-1.33.4-5.5.el5
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-23.el5
e2fsprogs-1.39-23.el5
findutils-4.2.27-6.el5
krb5-libs-1.6.1-36.el5
python-2.4.3-27.el5
cairo-1.2.4-5.el5
libsemanage-1.9.1-4.4.el5
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-18.el5
pango-1.14.9-6.el5.centos
audit-libs-python-1.7.13-2.el5
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
cracklib-2.8.9-3.3
udev-095-14.21.el5
SysVinit-2.86-15.el5
openldap-2.3.43-3.el5
passwd-0.73-1
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5
device-mapper-event-1.02.32-1.el5
logrotate-3.7.4-9
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5
libselinux-utils-1.33.4-5.5.el5
net-tools-1.60-78.el5
authconfig-5.3.21-6.el5
vim-minimal-7.0.109-6.el5
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5
gtk2-2.10.4-20.el5
ecryptfs-utils-75-5.el5
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-13.el5.centos
fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5
dbus-libs-1.1.2-12.el5
dbus-1.1.2-12.el5
dbus-glib-0.73-8.el5
mcstrans-0.2.11-3.el5
dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5
openssh-server-4.3p2-36.el5
sysklogd-1.4.1-44.el5
dhcpv6-client-1.0.10-17.el5
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.54.el5
kernel-2.6.18-164.el5
hal-0.5.8.1-52.el5
pm-utils-0.99.3-10.el5.centos
setup-2.5.58-7.el5
basesystem-8.0-5.1.1.el5.centos
glibc-common-2.5-42
nash-5.1.19.6-54
termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1
gnu-efi-3.0c-1.1
glibc-2.5-42
chkconfig-1.3.30.1-2
mktemp-1.5-23.2.2
audit-libs-1.7.13-2.el5
libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1
info-4.8-14.el5
ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
nss-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5.centos.2
sqlite-3.3.6-5
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3
bzip2-libs-1.0.3-4.el5_2
libstdc++-4.1.2-46.el5
gawk-3.1.5-14.el5
libattr-2.4.32-1.1
keyutils-libs-1.2-1.el5
libjpeg-6b-37
db4-4.3.29-10.el5
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8
atk-1.12.2-1.fc6
libsysfs-2.0.0-6
keyutils-1.2-1.el5
pcre-6.6-2.el5_1.7
libusb-0.1.12-5.1
procps-3.2.7-11.1.el5
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.centos
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-12.el5
tcl-8.4.13-4.el5
tcp_wrappers-7.6-40.7.el5
mingetty-1.07-5.2.2
gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1
dmidecode-2.9-1.el5
cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-5.el5
sysfsutils-2.0.0-6
ed-0.2-39.el5_2
libhugetlbfs-1.3-3.el5
setserial-2.17-19.2.2
redhat-logos-4.9.99-11.el5.centos
bitstream-vera-fonts-1.10-7
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5
libXext-1.0.1-2.1
libXcursor-1.1.7-1.1
libXi-1.0.1-3.1
grub-0.97-13.5
device-mapper-1.02.32-1.el5
shadow-utils-4.0.17-14.el5
kpartx-0.4.7-30.el5
coreutils-5.97-23.el5
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5
fontconfig-2.4.1-7.el5
newt-0.52.2-12.el5
cryptsetup-luks-1.0.3-5.el5
libXft-2.1.10-1.1
libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.5.el5
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos
pam-0.99.6.2-6.el5
util-linux-2.13-0.52.el5
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6
libuser-0.54.7-2.el5.5
usermode-1.88-3.el5.2
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-30.el5
lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5
rpm-4.4.2.3-18.el5
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
psmisc-22.2-7
MAKEDEV-3.23-1.2
prelink-0.4.0-2.el5
rhpl-0.194.1-1
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5
hicolor-icon-theme-0.9-2.1
trousers-0.3.1-4.el5
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.centos
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos
policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.6.el5
openssh-4.3p2-36.el5
dmraid-1.0.0.rc13-53.el5
kbd-1.12-21.el5
fipscheck-1.2.0-1.el5
openssh-clients-4.3p2-36.el5
setools-3.0-3.el5
dhclient-3.0.5-21.el5
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-54
hwdata-0.213.16-1.el5
pciutils-2.2.3-7.el5
kudzu-1.2.57.1.21-1.el5.centos
01-08-2010, 05:16 AM
#10
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Rep:
what pkges out of these can i remove through yum?
01-08-2010, 05:17 AM
#11
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Big Edit:
Also, are you sure you want to remove iptables: that's your firewall.
You lmay be able to get rid of the cracklib packages, but not sure what would be using them.
Quote:
All I want to run is Fedora DS on this Machine.
Sorry I have no idea what "DS" is.
Evo2.
Last edited by evo2; 01-08-2010 at 05:21 AM .
Reason: Missed some info from OP.
01-08-2010, 05:18 AM
#12
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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Germany
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Rep:
no..dhcp problem was in the last setup.
this is a fresh installation..(suggested by
http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#h...cc6c916eb3cb6e )
All i want to setup is fedora ds server.
My colleauge has suggested to make it under minimum (<250 mb)
Last edited by your_shadow03; 01-08-2010 at 05:23 AM .
01-08-2010, 05:51 AM
#13
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Fedora Directory Server (DS)is what I am talking about.It is same like Red Hat Directory Server.
It resembles LDAP setup.
http://www.linuxmail.info/389-direct...owto-centos-5/
01-08-2010, 06:02 AM
#14
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Ok, so just to run something similar to LDAP..
I'd be getting rid of X for sure. Here is a list of package that look like they could go (assuming you aren't using raid or lvm)
Code:
lvm2
higolor-icon-theme
dmraid
pciutils
kpartx
fontconfig
libXrender
libXfixes
libXrandr
libXinerama
cairo
libX11
libXcursor
Evo2.
01-08-2010, 06:21 AM
#15
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Registered: Jun 2008
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Rep:
Did that too:
Code:
Erasing : gtk2 2/4
Erasing : libXcursor 3/4
Erasing : trousers 4/4
Removed:
libXcursor.i386 0:1.1.7-1.1
Dependency Removed:
ecryptfs-utils.i386 0:75-5.el5 gtk2.i386 0:2.10.4-20.el5
trousers.i386 0:0.3.1-4.el5
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 651M 13G 5% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove cairo
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package cairo.i386 0:1.2.4-5.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libcairo.so.2 for package: pango
--> Processing Dependency: cairo >= 1.2.2 for package: pango
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pango.i386 0:1.14.9-6.el5.centos set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
cairo i386 1.2.4-5.el5 installed 1.1 M
Removing for dependencies:
pango i386 1.14.9-6.el5.centos installed 783 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 2 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Erasing : cairo 1/2
Erasing : pango 2/2
Removed:
cairo.i386 0:1.2.4-5.el5
Dependency Removed:
pango.i386 0:1.14.9-6.el5.centos
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 649M 13G 5% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove libX11
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libX11.i386 0:1.0.3-11.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXrender
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXext
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXft
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXi
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXfixes
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXrandr
--> Processing Dependency: libX11.so.6 for package: libXinerama
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libXext.i386 0:1.0.1-2.1 set to be erased
---> Package libXfixes.i386 0:4.0.1-2.1 set to be erased
---> Package libXft.i386 0:2.1.10-1.1 set to be erased
---> Package libXi.i386 0:1.0.1-3.1 set to be erased
---> Package libXinerama.i386 0:1.0.1-2.1 set to be erased
---> Package libXrandr.i386 0:1.1.1-3.1 set to be erased
---> Package libXrender.i386 0:0.9.1-3.1 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
libX11 i386 1.0.3-11.el5 installed 2.7 M
Removing for dependencies:
libXext i386 1.0.1-2.1 installed 74 k
libXfixes i386 4.0.1-2.1 installed 19 k
libXft i386 2.1.10-1.1 installed 78 k
libXi i386 1.0.1-3.1 installed 42 k
libXinerama i386 1.0.1-2.1 installed 8.3 k
libXrandr i386 1.1.1-3.1 installed 17 k
libXrender i386 0.9.1-3.1 installed 46 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 8 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Erasing : libXfixes 1/8
Erasing : libXinerama 2/8
Erasing : libXi 3/8
Erasing : libXrandr 4/8
Erasing : libXrender 5/8
Erasing : libXext 6/8
Erasing : libX11 7/8
Erasing : libXft 8/8
Removed:
libX11.i386 0:1.0.3-11.el5
Dependency Removed:
libXext.i386 0:1.0.1-2.1 libXfixes.i386 0:4.0.1-2.1
libXft.i386 0:2.1.10-1.1 libXi.i386 0:1.0.1-3.1
libXinerama.i386 0:1.0.1-2.1 libXrandr.i386 0:1.1.1-3.1
libXrender.i386 0:0.9.1-3.1
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 645M 13G 5% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove fontconfig
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package fontconfig.i386 0:2.4.1-7.el5 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
fontconfig i386 2.4.1-7.el5 installed 361 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 1 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Erasing : fontconfig 1/1
Removed:
fontconfig.i386 0:2.4.1-7.el5
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove kpartx
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kpartx.i386 0:0.4.7-30.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: kpartx = 0.4.7-30.el5 for package: device-mapper-multipath
--> Processing Dependency: kpartx for package: dmraid
--> Processing Dependency: kpartx >= 0.4.7-9 for package: mkinitrd
--> Running transaction check
---> Package device-mapper-multipath.i386 0:0.4.7-30.el5 set to be erased
---> Package dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc13-17 for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc13-17(Base) for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: dmraid = 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 for package: dmraid-events
---> Package mkinitrd.i386 0:5.1.19.6-54 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: mkinitrd >= 4.2.21-1 for package: kernel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid-events.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-164.el5 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
kpartx i386 0.4.7-30.el5 installed 867 k
Removing for dependencies:
device-mapper-multipath i386 0.4.7-30.el5 installed 6.1 M
dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 installed 1.6 M
dmraid-events i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 installed 6.6 k
kernel i686 2.6.18-164.el5 installed 41 M
mkinitrd i386 5.1.19.6-54 installed 915 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 6 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: N
Seems like kpartx is dangerous to remove.
Again Tried:
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove kpartx
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kpartx.i386 0:0.4.7-30.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: kpartx = 0.4.7-30.el5 for package: device-mapper-multipath
--> Processing Dependency: kpartx for package: dmraid
--> Processing Dependency: kpartx >= 0.4.7-9 for package: mkinitrd
--> Running transaction check
---> Package device-mapper-multipath.i386 0:0.4.7-30.el5 set to be erased
---> Package dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc13-17 for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc13-17(Base) for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: dmraid = 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 for package: dmraid-events
---> Package mkinitrd.i386 0:5.1.19.6-54 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: mkinitrd >= 4.2.21-1 for package: kernel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid-events.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-164.el5 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
kpartx i386 0.4.7-30.el5 installed 867 k
Removing for dependencies:
device-mapper-multipath i386 0.4.7-30.el5 installed 6.1 M
dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 installed 1.6 M
dmraid-events i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 installed 6.6 k
kernel i686 2.6.18-164.el5 installed 41 M
mkinitrd i386 5.1.19.6-54 installed 915 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 6 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: NExiting on user Command
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove dmraid
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc13-17 for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: libdmraid.so.1.0.0.rc13-17(Base) for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: dmraid = 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 for package: dmraid-events
--> Processing Dependency: dmraid for package: mkinitrd
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dmraid-events.i386 0:1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 set to be erased
---> Package mkinitrd.i386 0:5.1.19.6-54 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: mkinitrd >= 4.2.21-1 for package: kernel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-164.el5 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 installed 1.6 M
Removing for dependencies:
dmraid-events i386 1.0.0.rc13-53.el5 installed 6.6 k
kernel i686 2.6.18-164.el5 installed 41 M
mkinitrd i386 5.1.19.6-54 installed 915 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 4 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: N
Exiting on user Command
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove higolor-icon-theme
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: higolor-icon-theme
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: ftp.iitm.ac.in
* base: ftp.iitm.ac.in
* extras: ftp.iitm.ac.in
* updates: ftp.iitm.ac.in
addons | 951 B 00:00
base | 2.1 kB 00:00
extras | 1.1 kB 00:00
updates | 1.9 kB 00:00
No Packages marked for removal
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove hicolor
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: hicolor
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: ftp.iitm.ac.in
* base: ftp.iitm.ac.in
* extras: ftp.iitm.ac.in
* updates: ftp.iitm.ac.in
No Packages marked for removal
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove hicolor-icon-theme
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package hicolor-icon-theme.noarch 0:0.9-2.1 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.9-2.1 installed 17 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 1 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Erasing : hicolor-icon-theme 1/1
Removed:
hicolor-icon-theme.noarch 0:0.9-2.1
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 643M 13G 5% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]# yum remove pciutils
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pciutils.i386 0:2.2.3-7.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: pciutils >= 2.2.1 for package: pm-utils
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pm-utils.i386 0:0.99.3-10.el5.centos set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: pm-utils >= 0.99.3-6 for package: hal
--> Running transaction check
---> Package hal.i386 0:0.5.8.1-52.el5 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: hal >= 0.2.96 for package: kudzu
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kudzu.i386 0:1.2.57.1.21-1.el5.centos set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Removing:
pciutils i386 2.2.3-7.el5 installed 157 k
Removing for dependencies:
hal i386 0.5.8.1-52.el5 installed 1.1 M
kudzu i386 1.2.57.1.21-1.el5.centos installed 426 k
pm-utils i386 0.99.3-10.el5.centos installed 109 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 4 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Erasing : hal 1/4
Erasing : pciutils 2/4
Erasing : kudzu 3/4
Erasing : pm-utils 4/4
Removed:
pciutils.i386 0:2.2.3-7.el5
Dependency Removed:
hal.i386 0:0.5.8.1-52.el5 kudzu.i386 0:1.2.57.1.21-1.el5.centos
pm-utils.i386 0:0.99.3-10.el5.centos
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 14G 641M 13G 5% /
/dev/sda1 99M 12M 83M 12% /boot
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost ~]#
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