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528491 , 7 hours ago to linux in What am I doing wrong (OpenSuse)?

Patterns almost made me skip opensuse, until I locked most of them so they won’t annoy me anymore. I start with only selecting some basic patterns in the installer:

<span style="color:#323232;">apparmor      
</span><span style="color:#323232;">base          
</span><span style="color:#323232;">documentation 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">enhanced_base 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">minimal_base  
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sw_management 
</span><span style="color:#323232;">x86_64_v3 
</span>

When installed, I run this in my fresh system:

<span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># save the currently installed patterns in a variable
</span><span style="color:#323232;">installedPatterns</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">=</span><span style="color:#183691;">$(</span><span style="color:#323232;">zypper</span><span style="color:#183691;"> se</span><span style="color:#323232;"> --type</span><span style="color:#183691;"> pattern</span><span style="color:#323232;"> --installed-only </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">grep -E </span><span style="color:#183691;">"(.*|){3}" </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">cut -d</span><span style="color:#183691;">'|'</span><span style="color:#323232;"> -f2 </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">tail -n</span><span style="color:#183691;">+2)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># lock every existing pattern
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sudo zypper addlock --type pattern $(zypper search --type pattern </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">grep -E </span><span style="color:#183691;">"(.*|){3}" </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">cut -d</span><span style="color:#183691;">'|'</span><span style="color:#323232;"> -f2 </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">tail -n+2)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># lock every package starting with "yast"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sudo zypper addlock yast</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">*
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># unlock the patterns you had installed
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sudo zypper removelock --type pattern $installedPatterns
</span>

Pro:

• Only real dependencies get installed when adding packages
• Nothing re-installs because it belongs to an installed pattern
• No need for –no-recommends

Con:

• You have to find out the packages you need yourself

For a minimal gnome install, use these packages (likely some more depending on you setup):

<span style="color:#323232;">avahi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">evince
</span><span style="color:#323232;">flatpak
</span><span style="color:#323232;">fwupd
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gedit
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-calculator
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-disk-utility
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-keyring
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-session-wayland
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-system-monitor
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-terminal
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-tweaks
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gnome-user-share
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gparted
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gtk2-metatheme-arc
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gtk3-metatheme-arc
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gtk4-metatheme-arc
</span><span style="color:#323232;">libqt5-qtwayland
</span><span style="color:#323232;">loupe
</span><span style="color:#323232;">MozillaFirefox
</span><span style="color:#323232;">MozillaFirefox-translations-common
</span><span style="color:#323232;">pipewire-pulseaudio
</span><span style="color:#323232;">qt6-wayland
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sane-airscan
</span><span style="color:#323232;">simple-scan
</span><span style="color:#323232;">tpm2.0-tools
</span><span style="color:#323232;">wireplumber-audio
</span><span style="color:#323232;">xdg-user-dirs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">xdg-user-dirs-gtk
</span>

Bonus tip: When removing software, use the -u flag for less bloat being left behind:

<span style="color:#323232;"> -u, --clean-deps
</span><span style="color:#323232;">       Automatically remove dependencies which become unneeded after removal of requested packages.
</span>

–no-recommends

528491 , 9 months ago to linux in Gparted+Disks preinstalled distro recommendations

Solus Budgie Edition.