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How-to Strip Down Debian Distro
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stripdown-debian.sh
#! /bin/bash
# Should be run on a vanilla Debian install.
# This script will strip it down to bare minimum and yet bootable distro.
# Simulated run onlyi (--simulate). Uncomment this and Comment out the "Real Deal".
#apt-get --simulate purge $(dpkg-query -Wf '${Package;-40}${Essential}${Priority}\n'|awk '$2 ~ /nooptional|noextra/ {print $1}'|grep -v -E 'anacron|busybox|initramfs-tools|insserv|klibc-utils|libklibc|libsemanage-common|libsemanage1|libustr-1.0-1|libuuid-perl|linux-base|linux-image')
# Real deal.
apt-get purge $(dpkg-query -Wf '${Package;-40}${Essential}${Priority}\n'|awk '$2 ~ /nooptional|noextra/ {print $1}'|grep -v -E 'anacron|busybox|initramfs-tools|insserv|klibc-utils|libklibc|libsemanage-common|libsemanage1|libustr-1.0-1|libuuid-perl|linux-base|linux-image')
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roughly how big of an image do you end up with?

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