Thread: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?
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reinob is offline reinob
2012-04-12 , 07:09
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Originally Posted by AapoRantalainen View Post
Just reflashed device. Updated to the PR-1.3.1 with HAM
And then continued with apt-get -s purge cherry (or apt-get remove --purge cherry) and it will only uninstall cherry and mp-fremantle-generic-pr (not hundreds of packages)
A few days ago I decided to remove mp-fremantle-generic-pr. That was the only package that was removed, but then the list of packages I posted above are marked as being auto removeable.

I manually installed some of them (the ones that sounded like I could need them) and then did auto remove of the rest. Everything's OK for now (I didn't dare reboot yet..)

I'm going through a list of all packages in my N900 and marking the ones I would like to remove (particularly all l10n packages for language/country combinations that I will never need), but I'm still in the "preparation phase" (just editing my list on the computer).

It will take time until I actually do that, but then I'll post my results (if at all relevant). I have never flashed my N900.. and would like to keep it that way
 

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