Getting my OVH Kimsufi Arch install back to minimal.

davidmp · 2014-02-19 21:38:38

I plan on swapping to the original kernel, but also wanted to remove any unneeded packages from my OVH install. Would someone please help me get it to minimal like it would be installed from scratch? I'm very new to Arch and picked up a D425 Kimsufi to use as a remote desktop for my work.

Here's the default installed packages:

[root@ovh ~]# pacman -Q
acl 2.2.52-2
archlinux-keyring 20140124-1
attr 2.4.47-1
bash 4.2.045-5
bc 1.06.95-1
bind 9.9.5-1
binutils 2.24-2
btrfs-progs 3.12-1
bzip2 1.0.6-5
ca-certificates 20130906-1
cloog 0.18.1-2
coreutils 8.22-2
cracklib 2.9.0-2
cronie 1.4.11-1
cryptsetup 1.6.3-2
curl 7.35.0-1
db 5.3.28-1
dbus 1.8.0-1
device-mapper 2.02.105-1
dhcpcd 6.2.1-1
diffutils 3.3-1
dirmngr 1.1.1-2
dmidecode 2.12-2
dnssec-anchors 20130320-1
dnsutils 9.9.2.P2-1
e2fsprogs 1.42.9-1
ethtool 1:3.13-1
expat 2.1.0-3
fakeroot 1.20-1
file 5.17-1
filesystem 2013.05-2
findutils 4.4.2-5
gawk 4.1.0-2
gcc 4.8.2-8
gcc-libs 4.8.2-8
gdbm 1.11-1
gettext 0.18.3.2-1
glib2 2.38.2-1
glibc 2.19-2
gmp 5.1.3-2
gnupg 2.0.22-2
gpgme 1.4.3-1
gpm 1.20.7-4
grep 2.16-1
groff 1.22.2-5
grub 1:2.02.beta2-1
gzip 1.6-1
haveged 1.8-1
hddtemp 0.3.beta15.52-2
hwids 20130915.1-1
iana-etc 2.30-4
idnkit 1.0-3
inetutils 1.9.2-1
intel-ucode 20140122-1
iproute2 3.12.0-1
iptables 1.4.21-1
iputils 20121221-3
irqbalance 1.0.7-1
isl 0.12.2-1
jfsutils 1.1.15-4
kbd 2.0.1-1
keyutils 1.5.8-1
kmod 16-1
krb5 1.12.1-1
ldns 1.6.17-1
less 458-1
libarchive 3.1.2-4
libassuan 2.1.1-1
libcap 2.24-1
libcap-ng 0.7.3-1
libdbus 1.8.0-1
libedit 20130601_3.1-1
libffi 3.0.13-4
libgcrypt 1.6.1-1
libgpg-error 1.12-1
libgssglue 0.4-2
libidn 1.28-2
libksba 1.3.0-1
libldap 2.4.39-1
libltdl 2.4.2-12
libmpc 1.0.2-2
libnl 3.2.23-1
libpcap 1.5.3-1
libpipeline 1.2.6-1
libsasl 2.1.26-7
libssh2 1.4.3-2
libtirpc 0.2.3-2
libtool 2.4.2-12
libunistring 0.9.3-6
libusb 1.0.18-1
libxml2 2.9.1-5
licenses 20130203-1
linux-api-headers 3.13.2-1
logrotate 3.8.7-1
lvm2 2.02.105-1
lzo2 2.06-3
man-db 2.6.6-1
man-pages 3.58-1
man-pages-de 1.4-1
man-pages-it 3.56-1
mdadm 3.3-2
mkinitcpio 16-2
mkinitcpio-busybox 1.21.1-2
mpfr 3.1.2.p5-1
mtr 0.85-1
nano 2.2.6-2
ncurses 5.9-6
net-tools 1.60.20130531git-1
netctl 1.4-2
ntp 4.2.6.p5-18
numactl 2.0.9-2
openresolv 3.5.6-1
openssh 6.5p1-2
openssl 1.0.1.f-1
pacman 4.1.2-5
pacman-mirrorlist 20140107-1
pam 1.1.8-3
pambase 20130928-1
parted 3.1-3
pciutils 3.2.1-1
pcmciautils 018-7
pcre 8.34-2
perl 5.18.2-2
pinentry 0.8.3-1
popt 1.16-7
procps-ng 3.3.9-2
psmisc 22.20-1
pth 2.0.7-5
readline 6.2.004-2
reiserfsprogs 3.6.24-1
rsync 3.1.0-1
run-parts 4.4-1
s-nail 14.5.2-4
screen 4.0.3-15
sed 4.2.2-3
shadow 4.1.5.1-7
smartmontools 6.2-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-8
systemd 208-11
systemd-sysvcompat 208-11
tar 1.27.1-1
tcpdump 4.5.1-1
texinfo 5.2-2
tzdata 2013i-1
usbutils 007-1
util-linux 2.24.1-1
vi 1:050325-3
vim 7.4.135-2
vim-runtime 7.4.135-2
vlan 1.9-3
wget 1.15-1
which 2.20-6
xfsprogs 3.1.11-2
xz 5.0.5-2
zlib 1.2.8-3

Last edited by davidmp (2014-02-19 21:39:09)

karol · 2014-02-19 21:59:11

You can remove everything apart from the base group packages: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … base_group
Packages like dmidecode are useful, but not crucial, so you can remove them if you want to be really minimal.
If you're not suing reiser filesystem, you can remove reiserfsprogs.

Last edited by karol (2014-02-19 22:01:44)

davidmp · 2014-02-19 22:04:45

karol wrote:

You can remove everything apart from the base group packages: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … base_group
Packages like dmidecode are useful, but not crucial, so you can remove them if you want to be really minimal.
If you're not suing reiser filesystem, you can remove reiserfsprogs.

Thanks man!

karol · 2014-02-19 22:10:03

What do you use intel-ucode for?
If you need irqbalance and friends, you should keep them or reinstall after the initial cleanup.

pcmciautils is in the base group, but you can remove it if you don't need it.

davidmp · 2014-02-19 22:29:24

karol wrote:

What do you use intel-ucode for?
If you need irqbalance and friends, you should keep them or reinstall after the initial cleanup.

pcmciautils is in the base group, but you can remove it if you don't need it.

OVH just installs a bunch of stuff on their default install. I honestly don't know if I need them or not. I don't believe I do.

jasonwryan · 2014-02-19 22:43:04

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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Getting my OVH Kimsufi Arch install back to minimal.

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