Remove packages that I'll never use. This not only recovers some disk space, it deletes startup scripts, so Linux boots faster.
Clean out Red Hat Linux (home system)
Edit /etc/rc.d/halt and comment-out the line that
runs accton. All it does is produce an error
message when you halt the system.
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K96pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K96pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S45pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K96pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/K96pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K96pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K96pcmcia
rm /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K35dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K35dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S65dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K35dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/K35dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K35dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K35dhcpd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K35smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K35smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S65smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K35smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/K35smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K35smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K35smb
rm /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K20nfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K85nfsfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/K85nfsfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K85nfsfs
rm /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K70nfslock
rm /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K70nfslock
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K70nfslock
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S14nfslock
rm /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S14nfslock
rm /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S14nfslock
rm /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K70nfslock
Clean out SuSE (laptop)
| name | what |
|---|---|
| 3dpixm | 3d pixmap icons for fvwm |
| 3dpixms | small 3d pixmap icons for fvwm |
| aalib | ascii art library |
| aalibdev | development library for aalib |
| abuse | game that doesn't work |
| acct | accounting |
| acfax | Amateur Radio FAX software |
| adadocde | German docs for ADABAS D |
| adamem | Coleco Vision and Coleco Adam emulator |
| afterstep | NeXTStep-like window manager |
| aleclone | WarCraft II clone |
| amiwm | AMIGA-like window manager |
| argoups | UPS management software |
| ax25apps | X.25 stuff |
| ax25doc | X.25 stuff |
| ax25spyd | X.25 stuff |
| ax25tool | X.25 stuff |
| axe | X11 editor |
| baken | Display of VHF/UHF beacons on a map of Europe |
| balsa | GNOME mail program |
| baycmepp | BAY modem stuff |
| bowman | window manager |
| ctwm | window manager |
| dhlog | Amateur radio logbook |
| elm | mail program |
| elvis | a vi-clone |
| enhydra | Java application server |
| eressea | tools for German PBEM game eressea |
| fbbdoc | packet radio stuff |
| fbbsrv | packet radio stuff |
| fetchmail | fetch mail from POP or IMAP server |
| fpk | free Pascal compiler |
| frgutenb | French dictionaries for ispell |
| frntbase | SQL database |
| fvwm1 | window manager |
| fvwm2 | window manager |
| fvwm95 | window manager |
| ge_auc | AUC TeX: an Emacs extension |
| ge_exec | GNU Emacs |
| ge_info | info files for GNU Emacs |
| ge_lisp | lisp files for GNU Emacs |
| ge_site | site lisp files for GNU Emacs |
| gforth | GNU Forth |
| hamlog | ham radio stuff |
| hamsoft | ham radio stuff |
| howtode | German HOWTO |
| howtodeh | German HOWTO |
| howtodeo | German HOWTO |
| hylafax | FAX server |
| i*[some] | foreign-language dictionaries |
| java | Java ? |
| java2 | Java 1.2.2 |
| javadoc | Java documentation |
| jstools | JS tools (some TCL stuff) |
| ldpmande | LDP Man-Pages (German) |
| ldpmanes | LDP Man-Pages (Spanish) |
| ldpmanfr | LDP Man-Pages (French) |
| ldpmanit | LDP Man-Pages (Italian) |
| legatocl | Legato NetWorker Client |
| lilypond | Music typesetter |
| linkt | packet radio stuff |
| linkt | packet radio stuff |
| linkt | packet radio stuff |
| lyx | LaTeX based WYSIWYG editor |
| madge | kernel modules for Madge token-ring adapters |
| marsnwe | a Novell server emulation (remove startup "nwe" files?) |
| midgard | some web thing |
| mlvwm | Macintosh-like window Manager |
| mozilla | open source version of Netscape |
| mysqbnch | MYSQL thing |
| mysqclnt | MYSQL thing |
| mysql | MYSQL thing |
| mysqldev | MYSQL thing |
| mysqllib | MYSQL thing |
| mysqperl | MYSQL thing |
| ncpfs | Tools for accessing Novell filesystems |
| netatalk | AppleTalk for Linux |
| netscape | Netscape web browser |
| nisplus | NIS plus |
| olvsm | Open Look window manager |
| opso | Open Sound System for uniprocessor kernel |
| phpdoc | PHP documentation |
| phpdoc | PHP library |
| postgres | PostGreSQL database |
| qvwm | Win95-like window manager |
| radiusc | RADIUS client |
| radiusd | RADIUS server |
| rspfd | packet radio stuff |
| sbl | suse-blinux (for blind people) |
| scwm | Scheme-configurable window manager |
| smaltalk | GNU SmallTalk |
| so_de | Star Office 5.2 (German) |
| squid23 | Squid web cache server |
| squidgrd | Squid web cache filter thing |
| suse-hilf* | Foreign-language help files |
| susepaki | Italian package descriptions |
| susepaks | Spanish package descriptions |
| suse | Suse window manager |
| tkmail | an email client |
| tnt | packet radio stuff |
| vmware | PC emulator |
| wdiff | file comparison thing |
| webplus | |
| wm2 | minimalist window manager |
| wmaker | window manager |
| wp_de | German module for WordPerfect 8 |
| x8514 | server for 8514 cards |
| xconvers | packet radio stuff |
| xfbdev | X server for vesa framebuffer device |
| xfce | A lightweight desktop environment |
| xfileman | Filemanager for X11 |
| xfm | a File manager for X |
| xfmail | a mail reader |
| xfntcyr | Cyrillic fonts |
| xgalaga | galaga clone for X |
| xgas | useless "simulation of gas molecules" |
| xi128 | driver for a graphic card I don't have |
| xibod | front end for a thing I don't have |
| yahtzee | crappy yahtzee game |
| ypclient | YP (NIS) client |
| ypmake | YP (NIS) tool |
| ypserv | YP (NIS) server |
| z1013emu | z1013 chip emulator |
| z81 | Sinclaie ZX81 chip emulator |
| z8530drv | driver for Z8530-based HDLC cards |
| zdh | zsh shell |
| zsh | zsh shell |
Note: removing the MYSQL packages causes the Apache httpd daemon
to not start up correctly. To fix it, edit the
/etc/rc.d/apache startup file. Comment-out the
"if" construct that adds MIDGARD and/or PHP to MODULES.
Don't start identd, the wishful-thinking security thing.
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K19identd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S21identd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K19identd
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S21identd
Don't start Enlightenment daemons, because I don't use
Enlightenment, but leave the package in case I want to play with
it.
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K12enlighten
rm /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S90enlighten
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K12enlighten
rm /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90enlighten
Apparently, USB support is in a funny state as of SuSE 7.0. SuSE
built and shipped a special kernel that supports filesystem type
"usbdevfs". If you build your own kernel from source code, it
won't support the usbdevfs filesystem type. Trouble is, SuSE's
startup scripts still exist, so at boot time, your new kernel
produces error messages. To fix this, edit the
/etc/fstab file. Comment out (using a number sign)
the line for the usbdevfs filesystem. That'll fix one set of
boot-time error messages. Do the following to fix the other set:
rm /boot.d/S50usb
cd /usr/share/doc/howto
rm -rf de
cd en
gunzip *
rm Belgian-HOWTO
rm Chinese-HOWTO
rm Cyrillic-HOWTO
rm Danish-HOWTO
rm Esperanto-HOWTO
rm Finnish-HOWTO
rm Francophones-HOWTO
rm German-HOWTO
rm Hebrew-HOWTO
rm Hellenic-HOWTO
rm Italian-HOWTO
rm Polish-HOWTO
rm Portuguese-HOWTO
rm Serbian-HOWTO
rm Slovenian-HOWTO
rm Spanish-HOWTO
rm Thai-HOWTO
rm Turkish-HOWTO
rm /usr/share/doc/Books/Linuxhandbuch*
rm /usr/share/doc/Books/texbuch.*