<OT> install vs un-install

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:38:06 PDT 2004


m.w.chang wrote:
> I am still caldera's openlinux. It doesn't seem to have that option. 
> Also, I worried if you don't choose full install, something would be 
> left out that might give you headache later...

And its now less of a headache to concoct scripts to remove all this stuff?

> 
> I found it more intuitive to install everuthing in the first place,
> then take out un-needed things step-by-step.... esp for newbie like me.

If its so intuitive, then why do you need others to write scripts to do 
it for you?

> 
> Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>> I believe that someone provided this information for you last week.  What
>> I can't understand is if you're so determined to rip out several hundred
>> MB of packages, why did you install them in the first place?  Most server
>> installs will gladly leave all this X related stuff out.
> 
> 

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