[RULE] Slinky/FC2 minimal install, was: slinky-0.4.02: install FC2 via...

[Ingo Lantschner]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:21:17 +0200, M. Fioretti <mfioretti> wrote:


> As far as I know, rpmdb should be missed. When it comes to
> sendmail&friends, it really boils down to "does the box needs to run
> a mail server?"
I think the reason for rpmdb is the existence of whichcd. Whichcd has an  
option -f which requieres rpmdb to be installed. Anyway, due to its size  
this should be postinstalled if really needed.


> If no, just remove it. But remember that lots of system utilities on
> *nix needs some server to send email anyway (like notifying system
> errors to root).
In practical life, I did not need sendmail or any other MTA on my  
Desktops. So I think we can skip and remove it completely. Due to an old  
bug in Slinky, it will be installed always, even if you say not to that  
option.


>> * GUI: How to startx?!
>
> Easy... Install standard X rpms, or wait until kdrive is recompiled
> for FC2 :-(
kdrive is the same as TinyX - isn't it?

For your request of rpm -qa: I do not have an installed box available at  
the moment - the last try did not succeed. But I think if you go trought  
the lists in .../DISK2/2/ (see Slinky tar.z from Franz in earlier posts)  
you have all of them - even with a bit of context: f.e. on which CD, in  
which "package-group", ...

HTH Ingo.


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