Hi, I'm very new to Linux so this might be a bit dumb.

I'm running a small distro (Peanut Linux) on a P133.

The box has the sole purpose of web and FTP server with PHP and Mysql support, no screen, no keyboard, no other function. I control this box via telnet.

I want to free up as much space as possible on its 1.2 GB hard drive so I can use it to download stuff from the internet with ftp.

Below is what I get from typing rpm -qa. I want to get rid of as much stuff as I can but I'm scared that I could accidentally wipe out something vital to the system.

So, besides the obvious (xitami, mysql, php, telnet and their dependencies) is there anything on this list that I definitely should not uninstall? And is their a good command to use beside rpm -e for each program?

Thankyou

Nick

# rpm -qa
Device3Dfx-2.5-1
glibc-2.2.5-1
mktemp-1.5-1
termcap-11.0.1-1
libtermcap-2.0.8-1
bash-2.05-1
Eterm-0.9-1
Eterm-backgrounds-0.9-1
hwdata-0.64-1
libslang1-1.4.5-1
popt-1.7-1
newt-0.50.34-1
kudzu-0.99.69-1
Glide3-3Dfx-20010826-1
IglooFTP-0.6.1-1
MAKEDEV-3.3.1-1
Maelstrom-3.0.6-1
MySQL-4.0.9-1
ORBit-0.5.17-1
PHP-4.3.1-1
SDL-1.2.5-1
SDL_image-1.2.2-1
SDL_net-1.2.4-1
SDL_ttf-2.0.5-1
TiMidity++-2.12.0-1
TrueTypeFonts-0.2-1
XFree86-4.2.99.4-20030114
XParticles-1.0-1
Xconfigurator-4.10.7-1
aalib-1.4rc5-1
arts-1.1-1
au88xx-1.1.2-1
audiofile-0.2.3-1
aumix-2.8-1
awesfx-0.4.4-1
binutils-2.13.90.0.4-1
blackbook-3-1
bochs-20030224-cvs
boclient-1.3.1-1
bonnie-1.0-1
bzip2-1.0.2-1
cabextract-0.6-1
cdbakeoven-2.0-beta
cdlabelgen-2.4.0-1
cdparanoia-III-alpha9.8-1
cdrdao-1.1.7-1
cdrtools-2.01a01-1
compupic-5.1.1063-1
cpio-2.5.1-1
cups-1.1.18-1
curl-7.10.3-1
db1-1.85-1
db2-2.4.14-1
db3-3.1.17-1
dev-3.3.1-1
dhcpcd-1.3.22pl1-1
dialog-0.9b-1
diffutils-2.8.1-1
dillo-0.7.1.2-1
e16menuedit-0.2-1
e2fsprogs-1.33-1
ed-0.2-1
efax-0.9-1
efax-gtk-1.0.2-1
emelfm-0.9.2-1
enscript-1.6.3-1
esound-0.2.29-1
fam-2.6.9-1
fftw-2.1.3-1
fileutils-4.1.11-1
findutils-4.1.7-1
zlib-1.1.4-1
fix-info-dir-0.13-1
fnlib-0.5-1
foomatic-2.9-20020928
foomatic-ppd-20020928-1
fortune-mod-1.0-1
freetype1-1.3.1-1
gaim-0.59.8-1
gawk-3.1.1-1
gcc-cpp-2.95.3-1
gcc-libstdc++-2.10.0-1
gcombust-0.1.53-1
gd-2.0.1-1
gdbm-1.8.0-1
gdk-pixbuf-0.18.0-1
gettext-0.11.1-1
gfcc-0.7.4-1
gftp-2.0.14-1
ghostscript-7.05.5-espgs
textutils-2.1-1
sed-3.02-1
ghostscript-fonts-other-6.0-1
ghostscript-fonts-std-6.0-1
gle-3.0.7-1
glut-3.7-1
gmp-4.1-1
gnotepad+-1.3.3-1
gnupg-1.2.1-1
gphoto2-2.1.0-1
gpm-1.20.1-cvs
gps-1.1.0-1
groff-1.18.1-1
gsview-4.3-1
gtimer-1.1.5-1
gtk-engines-0.14-1
gtk-knocker-0.7.1-1
gtkcalc-1.0-1
gtkcdlabel-0.6.7-1
gtkfind-1.1-1
gtkglarea-1.2.3-1
gtkxmhtml-fuck-gnome-1.2.13-1
guarddog-2.1.0-1
gzilla-0.3.10-1
gzip-1.3.3-1
hdparm-5.2-1
hotplug-2002_08_26-1
i2c-2.7.0-1
imlib-1.9.14-1
ipchains-1.3.10-1
iptables-1.2.7a-1
iputils-20010825-1
isapnptools-1.26-1
kbdconfig-1.9.16-1
kbear-2.1-1
kdeadmin-3.1-1
kdeartwork-3.1-1
kdebase-3.1-1
kdegames-3.1-1
kdegraphics-3.1-1
kdelibs-3.1-1
kdemultimedia-3.1-1
kdenetwork-3.1-1
kdetoys-3.1-1
kdeutils-3.1-1
kdiff3-0.941-1
kover-2.8.7-1
krusader-1.12-beta1
lame-3.93.1-1
libao-0.8.2-1
libart_lgpl-2.3.10-1
libcdaudio-0.99.6-1
libext2fs2-1.33-1
libglib1.2-1.2.10-2
libgpio-0.0.2-1
libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-2
libgtkmm1.2-1.2.8-1
libjpeg-6b-1
liblcms-1.08-1
libmal-0.20-1
libmikmod2-3.1.10-1
libmng-1.0.3-1
libogg-1.0-1
libpng-1.2.4-1
libsidplay-1.36.55-1
libsigc++-1.0.4-1
libtiff-3.5.7-1
perl-5.8.0-1
libtool-1.4.2-1
libungif-4.1.0b1-4
libusb-0.1.7-beta
libvorbis-1.0-1
libxml2-2.4.30-1
libxslt-1.0.24-1
licq-1.2.4-1
lilo-22.5-1
lincity-1.11-1
linipcfg-1.3-1
links-2.1-pre7
linux-2.4.20-1
linux_logo-4.02-1
lm_sensors-2.7.0-1
man2html-3.0.1-1
mc-4.6.0-2003_02_27_05
mikmod-3.1.6-1
modutils-2.4.22-1
mouseconfig-4.26-1
mpage-2.5.2-1
mpeg_lib-1.3.1-1
mpg123-0.59r-1
mtools-3.9.8-1
mtr-0.44-1
mtv-1.2.5-1
ncurses-5.3-1
nmap-3.10ALPHA9-1
nss_db-2.2-1
open-1.4-1
openslp-1.0.10-1
openssl-0.9.7-1
pciutils-2.1.10-1
pcmcia-cs-3.2.3-1
pcre-3.9-1
perl-DBD-mysql-2.1020-1
perl-DBI-1.30-1
perl-Data-ShowTable-3.3-1
perl-DateManip-5.40-1
perl-Digest-MD5-2.16-1
perl-ExtUtils-F77-1.14-1
perl-ExtUtils-PerlPP-0.03-1
perl-HTML-Parser-3.26-1
perl-HTML-Stream-1.54-1
perl-HTML-Tagset-3.03-1
perl-Inline-0.43-1
perl-MIME-Base64-2.12-1
perl-Net-Daemon-0.37-1
perl-PDL-2.3.2-1
perl-Parse-RecDescent-1.80-1
perl-Parse-Yapp-1.05-1
perl-PlRPC-0.2016-1
perl-SGMLSpm-1.03ii-1
perl-Storable-2.04-1
perl-URI-1.22-1
perl-XML-DOM-1.39-1
perl-XML-Dumper-0.54-1
perl-XML-Encoding-1.01-1
perl-XML-Grove-0.46-1
perl-XML-LibXML-1.53-1
perl-XML-LibXML-Common-0.10-1
perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.08-1
perl-XML-Parser-2.31-1
perl-XML-RegExp-0.03-1
perl-XML-SAX-0.11-1
perl-XML-Twig-3.08-1
perl-XML-Writer-0.4-1
perl-XML-XSLT-0.40-1
perl-gtk-0.7008-1
perl-libnet-1.11-1
perl-libwww-perl-5.65-1
perl-libxml-perl-0.07-1
pidentd-3.1a19-1
pilot-link-0.11.5-1
pingirva-0.1.b2-1
pkgtool2-2.0.9-1
playmidi-2.4-1
plugger-4.0-1
pnm2ppa-1.10-1
pspell-0.12.2-1
qt3-3.1.1-20030115
quanta-3.2-20030208
queso-1.20-1
readline-4.3-1
reiserfsprogs-3.6.5-1
sh-utils-2.0.15-1
rpm-3.0.7-1
rrdtool-1.0.40-1
sane-gtk-1.0.8-1
shadow-20001016-1
sndconfig-0.70-1
sox-12.17.3-1
sudo-1.6.3p7-1
svgalib-1.4.3-1
tcp_wrappers-7.6-1
telnet-0.17-1
usbutils-0.11-1
util-linux-2.11y-1
vim-X11-6.0-1
vim-common-6.0-1
vim-minimal-6.0-1
vnc-3.3.4-1
whois-4.5.15-1
xitami-25b5-1
xrick-010808-1
xv-3.10a-1
zgv-5.5-1

"Below is what I get from typing rpm -qa. I want to get rid of as much stuff as I can but I'm scared that I could accidentally wipe out something vital to the system."

You can find out what each package is with rpm -qi packagename, for example:
rpm -qi newt

I casually scanned your list and I think that you could consider throwing out these packages if you are not using them:
blackbook
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-minimal

Also you can get an easier to read listing with:

rpm -qa | sort | less

But in general I think that you need most of the packages that you have installed.

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Be prepared. Create a LifeBoat CD.
http://users.rcn.com/srstites/LifeBo...home.page.html

Steve Stites

If you are only going to be accessing the box through telnet, you don't need KDE or the X libraries. Also, if your box does not have a cd-rw drive, you can remove the cd-r related packages.

And the SDL stuff and the printing stuff (foomatic, cups, ghostscript),
libmikmod2-3.1.10-1
libmng-1.0.3-1
libogg-1.0-1
libpng-1.2.4-1
libvorbis-1.0-1
libungif-4.1.0b1-4
libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-2
libgtkmm1.2-1.2.8-1
libjpeg-6b-1
liblcms-1.08-1
libglib1.2-1.2.10-2
esound-0.2.29-1
fftw-2.1.3-1
dillo-0.7.1.2-1
audiofile-0.2.3-1
libslang1-1.4.5-1
lame-3.93.1-1
libao-0.8.2-1
libart_lgpl-2.3.10-1
glut-3.7-1
gphoto2-2.1.0-1
gsview-4.3-1

All that lot can go. There's probably more but I'm getting bored now. Don't touch glibc. You should probably keep bash and, er linux-2.4.20-1 might be quite important...

theres also a lot of stuff in there like gaim and bochs which i doubt you need.

Thanks to all...

In retrospect I guess I took something of a liberty posting that massive list and expecting others to trawl through it for me. So extra thanks

most of that can go - but I'd do it incrementally - easier to diagnose if you get rid of something crucial and have to reinstall.

just dumping the KDE related stuff will free a ton of space.

isn't Maelstrom a GL game?