On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 16:35 -0400, Andrew Lofthouse wrote: > Hi all, > > I want a very minimal install of FC5, without any X, etc. I've installed > with all the options in the customize package selection area except "base" > and the install is nearly 1GB! I've also done an install with everything > unchecked (including base) and the install size is over 750GB. Both > installs also include several xorg packages, ghostscript, etc. Why??? A > minimal install shouldn't include all of that extra cruft. I think that it > might be due to cups dependencies. IIRC, previous minimal installs of > Fedora were only about 400-500 MB. So, here's the question: why does the > minimal install include all of these extra packages that are not necessary > for a text-only system? And why are the printing packages always installed? > This has been a pet-peeve of mine for the last several versions of > Fedora/Red Hat; printing packages are always installed even if explicitly > un-selected... You'd be more likely to get an explanation (and possibly a fix in FC6) if you brought this up on fedora-devel-list. Paul.
