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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:10 AM

Hi all,

I've been using Gentoo and loving it for about 3 weeks now, and I've
downloaded heaps, but I'm thinking it's time to set up the system for
real, with only the bare minimum of things on it. I'm currently using it
as a desktop machine, but I'd like to cut it down.

Has anyone got any suggestions of how I can "reset" my system so it's
like it is at the last line of Chapter 11 in the handbook (
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...part=1&chap=11 )?

I just want to avoid re-installing from Stage 1 again.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you...

....Ric
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#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:10 AM

ric_man smie twierdzic jakoby:

> I've been using Gentoo and loving it for about 3 weeks now, and I've
> downloaded heaps, but I'm thinking it's time to set up the system for
> real, with only the bare minimum of things on it. I'm currently using it
> as a desktop machine, but I'd like to cut it down.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions of how I can "reset" my system so it's
> like it is at the last line of Chapter 11 in the handbook (
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...part=1&chap=11 )?
>
> I just want to avoid re-installing from Stage 1 again.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
look at /var/cache/edb/world <- there are packages, which you've
installed manually (without dependencies). uninstall these, you don't
want anymore and make 'emerge depclean' (with caution!) to remove
unneeded dependencies.

pozdr. aye

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#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:10 AM

ric_man wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using Gentoo and loving it for about 3 weeks now, and I've
> downloaded heaps, but I'm thinking it's time to set up the system for
> real, with only the bare minimum of things on it. I'm currently using it
> as a desktop machine, but I'd like to cut it down.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions of how I can "reset" my system so it's
> like it is at the last line of Chapter 11 in the handbook (
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...part=1&chap=11 )?
>
> I just want to avoid re-installing from Stage 1 again.
>

I don't know exactly what you want to do but I am on dial-up and each
time I install (or attempt it) I save the portage folder. It contains
all the source files and e-builds you have already downloaded.

I actually have that directory on my server and NFS mount it on my
workstation.

--
Regards,
Harry Phillips
--- Failure is not an option,
it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:11 AM

ric_man wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been using Gentoo and loving it for about 3 weeks now, and I've
> downloaded heaps, but I'm thinking it's time to set up the system for
> real, with only the bare minimum of things on it. I'm currently using it
> as a desktop machine, but I'd like to cut it down.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions of how I can "reset" my system so it's
> like it is at the last line of Chapter 11 in the handbook (
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...part=1&chap=11 )?
>
> I just want to avoid re-installing from Stage 1 again.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanking you...
>
> ...Ric
/var/log/emerge.log has all the packages that were emerged, in order.
You can emerge unmerge them in reverse order. Not a whole lot of fun, but
there is probably some real clever way to automate it.
--
jim

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:12 AM

aye wrote:
> look at /var/cache/edb/world <- there are packages, which you've
> installed manually (without dependencies). uninstall these, you don't
> want anymore and make 'emerge depclean' (with caution!) to remove
> unneeded dependencies.

That's basically the info I'm after... In the end, I have done something
like that to remove KDE and try to stick with GNOME for a while.

Thanks for the info, and thanks for everyone who's come up with an answer...

....Ric
--
If you want to email Ric, use: ric_on_the_go--NO_SPAM@yahoo.com.au
Just remove the "--NO_SPAM"
-- Do you, uh... Gentoo? Gentoooo-hooo!! --

#6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:12 AM

On Thu, 06 May 2004 22:26:00 +1000, ric_man
<ric_on_the_go--NO_SPAM@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>aye wrote:
>> look at /var/cache/edb/world <- there are packages, which you've
>> installed manually (without dependencies). uninstall these, you don't
>> want anymore and make 'emerge depclean' (with caution!) to remove
>> unneeded dependencies.
>
>That's basically the info I'm after... In the end, I have done something
>like that to remove KDE and try to stick with GNOME for a while.
>
>Thanks for the info, and thanks for everyone who's come up with an answer...
>
>...Ric

On the off-chance that you remove something important that breaks the
dependency chain you can use 'revdep-rebuild' to fix the problem.

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