[CentOS] Minimal server install and a few other questions.....

[Bards1888]

Johnny Hughes wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 22:08 +1000, Bards1888 wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>>I was wondering what is the smallest install that anyone has managed
>>with 4 (4.2 to be precise) ? I'm looking at a machine running as a VPN
>>in a DMZ, so I'm going to remove/NOT INSTALL things like gcc, X,  etc.
>>I'm planning on putting this on a 1gb USB stick and booting from it.
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>I have removed items after install and gotten down to about 550 mb on a
>CentOS-4 install.
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>>That reminds me, was there going to be a 1 CD server install image ?
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>Yes, we are working on trimming it to fit on a 700mb disc and to have
>the same packages for x86_64 and i386.
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>>The other thing I noticed is that if I install on x86_64 I get around
>>400mb in /usr/lib *and* /usr/lib64, is this entirely necessary ?
>>Especially if I dont want the 32bit stuff ? How can one tell which
>>packages are responsible for the libs in /usr/lib/ ?  I tried a random
>>filem from that directory;
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>>[root at services lib]# rpm -q --whatprovides libOggFLAC.so.1
>>flac-1.1.0-7
>>[root at services lib]# rpm -qa | grep -i flac
>>flac-1.1.0-7
>>[root at services lib]# rpm -qi flac-1.1.0-7
>>Name        : flac                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
>>Version     : 1.1.0                             Vendor: CentOS
>>Release     : 7                             Build Date: Tue 22 Feb 2005
>>10:56:45 EST
>>Install Date: Wed 13 Apr 2005 11:50:50 EST      Build Host:
>>guru.build.karan.org
>>Group       : Applications/Multimedia       Source RPM: flac-1.1.0-7.src.rpm
>>Size        : 707386                           License: LGPL/GPL
>>Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sun 27 Feb 2005 06:37:33 EST, Key ID
>>a53d0bab443e1821
>>Packager    : Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at centos.org>
>>URL         : http://flac.sourceforge.net/
>>Summary     : An encoder/decoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec.
>>Description :
>>FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC
>>is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of
>>the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form,
>>flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac,
>>a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for
>>various music players (the xmms plugin is in a sub-package).
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>>I cant see an 'arch' in there anywhere, however on the Centos DVD I
>>found flac for both i386 and x86_64.
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>you need to add this line to the .rpmmacros for the user that you want
>to see both arches for:
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>%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}
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>>So why are there rpms for both archs with the x86_64 build ?
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>because that is how the upstream provider releases it .. and we follow
>suit.
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>The real reason is so that people can have things like openoffice.org
>and festival and plugins for mozilla, etc ... these do not build in
>x86_64 mode.
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>You can run both i386 and x86_64 stuff on the x86_64.
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>once you make the above change to .rpmmacros, you can do:
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>rpm -qa | grep i386
>(to see i386 packages)
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>and
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>rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep i386`
>(to remove i386 packages)
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>when installing via yum, if you want to ensure only the x86_64 package
>gets installed, do:
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>yum install iptraf.x86_64
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>and NOT
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>yum install iptraf
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>(just an example)
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>>Thanks in advance.
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As usual Johnny, you are a gentleman. Thanks for your help.

550mb sounds great. Was that minus X, development (gcc et al) ?

Is there any way at install time to ensure that no i386 packages are
installed ?


Thanks again.


Bards.