[Asterisk-Users] Absolute Minimum Installation Packages

[Ray Burkholder]

With development tools, I've had the installation down to about 800 and some
odd MB.

If you do the install without development tools and without kernel source,
you should be able to get it down to 600 MB or less area (kernel source is
over 100 MB by itself.

The basic way you do this is when you install Redhat, turn off all packages,
then start selecting the ones you really need.  The dependency generator
will then select the related ones for you.  And if you've missed some
special ones, you can always re-add the rpm's after installation in
complete.

You are going to need two machines: one with a bunch of extra packages
installed so you can compile Asterisk and create an RPM, and another one
without the excess stuff on, where you simply install the asterisk rpm.

I've kept the Kickstart file that has my typical install.  I have a few
extra packages in it for network management and troubleshooting.

Regards,
Ray Burkholder



> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Leif Madsen
> Sent: October 30, 2003 20:44
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Absolute Minimum Installation Packages
> 
> 
> JR Richardson wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to get the total Linux/* installation size as small as 
> > possible.  I'm wondering if anyone has looked at the 
> installed packages 
> > list from the Redhat installation [rpm -qa] and has parsed out all 
> > packages not needed for * to run.  I follow the custom 
> install guide 
> > from Andy Powell but the installation yields 948+ Meg with 
> 340 installed 
> > packages.  I'm sure most of those packages can be eliminated.
>  >
> > If the installation can be reduced to below, say 600 Meg, 
> then there's 
> > an opportunity to harden * into a KNOPPIX Customization.
> > 
> > BTW, has anyone already tried to produce a KNOPPIX * Customization?
> 
> Wierd that I had actually started to just think about this earlier 
> today... :)
> 
> Unfortunately this is going to be nothing that I can do to 
> help at this 
> point.. I am really quite budgeted for time, and I can barely work on 
> the other things I have somewhat commited to.
> 
> I'll be so glad when I'm back in school, and hopefully have some more 
> time to work on this kind of stuff.
> 
> Keep me posted, I have a couple of idea's that this could be 
> useful for 
> (if anything, just what the minimum packages are for a RH install)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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