applications-what where

[babelbrennt]

apologies first for the question as I know absolutely nothing. Having read through the remastering how to and not really understanding it I am reading a few tutorials. I have installed Knoppix 3.7 to my harddrive and would like to remaster it. I have a list of the general contents and a list of what I assume are about 10 pages of files of which I have no idea what they are and whether to remove them. Where can I find out what the applications are ( especially any critical ones) and what I can do with them? Also where are they. From reading I have seen that things like the language files and the office applications may be removed but I don't know where they are. :shock: :shock:

[OErjan]

if you read the apt-howto on the Debian site you will find some of the answers.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html
especially the part with package removal.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-remove
basically i would do a;
apt-get --purge remove aplication
the comand above should remove the aplication and its configfiles... BUT this may remove more things aswell that are dependant or a part of said aplication, you simply have to read some more on what each package does.


The following options to apt-get may be useful:
-h help text.
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
-f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
-s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
-y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
-u Show a list of upgraded packages as well

keep reading and ask if you want more.

[arkaine23]

You can get a despcripton of a package with-

apt-cache search package_name

And removing this way-

apt-get remove --purge application

will tell you what else will be removed and give you the option to abort, as well as show the amount of space you would free up.

[babelbrennt]

Thanks for taking the time to reply so quickly. I guess I'll get on with my homework now.

[babelbrennt]

to see packages and descriptions on your system do

dpkg-query -l >out.txt

the text file will be in the root directory