How do you guys out there manage your Linux setup? I''m having a whole load of trouble trying to trim my system to a bare minumum (just a basic set of file, administration, backup uilities) but I just can''t for the world figure out the dependencies and configuration files I need. Basically I get really peeved at files lying around my hard disk which I have no idea what they''re used for. Has anyone actually attempted to categorize into a single document the various Linux utilities, their lib dependencies, other utility dependencies, environment vars, config files etc etc? Does such a document or FAQ exist?

of course not

but if you want to know dependancies ldd work nicely

quote: Original post by C-Junkie
of course not

but if you want to know dependancies ldd work nicely

ldd won''t tell you anything about configuration file usage.

quote: Original post by C-Junkie
of course not

but if you want to know dependancies ldd work nicely

ldd won''t tell you anything about configuration file usage.

You may want to try Linux Docs and look for something along the lines of Administration. I''m not saying you have to read all the docs, just do what I do and browse the table of contents for those parts which you feel might help you.

I know this is a lame RTFM post, but unless you can get more specific with what your trying to do I can''t be of much assistance.

quote: Original post by Abominus
......whole load of trouble trying to trim my system to a bare minumum
(just a basic set of file, administration, backup uilities) but I just can't for the world figure out the dependencies and configuration files I need. Basically I get really peeved at files lying around my hard disk which I have no idea what they're used for.

You should go from a "ground up" install.
Select your bare minimum install and then work your way up.

[edited by - GoofProg on July 4, 2002 8:14:41 PM]

quote: Original post by Abominus
How do you guys out there manage your Linux setup? I''m having a whole load of trouble trying to trim my system to a bare minumum
(just a basic set of file, administration, backup uilities) but I just can''t for the world figure out the dependencies and configuration files I need. Basically I get really peeved at files lying around my hard disk which I have no idea what they''re used for.

Has anyone actually attempted to categorize into a single document the various Linux utilities, their lib dependencies, other utility dependencies, environment vars, config files etc etc? Does such a document or FAQ exist?

Linux is the opposite of Windows in the sense that usually, when you intall windows, you install everything and remove what you don''t need. Where as when you install Linux, you install Bare minimum and then add as you go... Like for instance, if you really want to customize your Linux experience, visit Gentoo.org, their distro is a build it yourself system and their emerge application is pretty cool and resolves dependencies for you.

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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/view/3.3/appendixa/appendixa.html

its the best I can think of... its actualy an appendix out of the "Linux From Scratch" book... ummm its not orginized by file names (like say "bash" or "etc/fstab") instead its by package... also tells you what each tool in it does...

if you realy want to have a clean system I''d recomend following the book and roll your own linux distro... I''ve been planing on doing it for a while now... just don''t got the time or the extra hd space =)

I never tried the gentoo linux, but I heard it takes a day to install because of the compiling. can anyone verify this?

If you really want to work from the ground up, try FreeBSD...

it isn''t linux though...

I''ve heard bad things about gentoo... mostly from people who''ve also used freebsd, though.
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Yes with gentoo you will be compiling everything, although a day is a bit extreme... well... i guess if you have a slower system...
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ldd will show dependancies. As for configuration... what the problem? proftpd.conf is config for proftpd, etc...

I''m lost about that one