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#1 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Using apt to find the package I want... » 2026-02-11 16:57:08
Okay, I did not know about the list parameter. All I can find online are people (various distros, not just Devuan/Debian) complaining about the same thing I am, and solutions that do not appear to work. Indeed, using "apt list *firefox*" returns EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you again!
See? Apparently, it's a me-problem this time!
Would using Synaptic be okay after installing my shell stuff and then my desktop? Trying to find a good way of doing things that my daughter can understand.
#2 Hardware & System Configuration » Using apt to find the package I want... » 2026-02-11 16:38:20
- sephiroth
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Okay, I may be getting older, but I do not remember apt being this... poor at returnign accurate results from a search. Mind you, I last used Debian with version 7. I went to Gentoo when Debian became a systemd distro, not a Linux distro. I still love and use Gentoo, but want something simpler for my daughter to use, so I am trying Devuan out in a VM. I had a slight issue installing, but I'm chalking that one up to the moons not being aligned.
I am in a very minimal install (nothing but the shell and SSH) and want to start installing only what we need. Okay, "apt search" should work, only it doesn't. If I do "apt search firefox" for example, I get things like bleachbit, elpa-atomic-chrome, cbindgen, dh-cargo, and pages of other things that have absolutely nothing to do with Firefox. It's like going to a Ford dealer, asking to see an F-150, and you're shown some teeny-tiny Mini Cooper. In Gentoo I can do "equery list firefox" and it shows me only those packages.
Am I doing something wrong or is this one of those things where you either need to pipe output (which I have zero faith in being accurate right now) to grep, or use some complex regex, or what? I may be over-thinking the complexity here, but searching for a package should be simple, and right now I can't find anything I want.
#3 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 6.1.0 desktop installer has no options for modern filesystems » 2026-02-11 16:25:19
I am marking this solved. After rebooting the VM it appears to work. I restarted yesterday several times and kept getting this issue, but I am not sure why. Today it seems to work every time.
#4 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 6.1.0 desktop installer has no options for modern filesystems » 2026-02-11 15:05:32
Okay, I restarted the installation and this time I have more options both on the main menu and in the partition disks menu. Very odd.
#5 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 6.1.0 desktop installer has no options for modern filesystems » 2026-02-11 14:40:33
Lots on this post since I was here yesterday. Sadly, I do not see anything, in any menu, about extra components. The closest thing I see is "Load installer components from installation media" and nothing in there is extra for filesystem-related. The option does not appear to exist for me. I updated my post on imgur with the primary sequence of selections, showing no extra components options. I did every single one of these from start to "partition disks" except for the braille option, as I do not need it.
#6 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 6.1.0 desktop installer has no options for modern filesystems » 2026-02-10 17:46:01
Okay, I do not remember needing to load extra modules for core-level things like filesystems, but I can do that. I'll try it after lunch and mark the topic soled if it works. Thank you!
#7 Installation » [SOLVED] Devuan 6.1.0 desktop installer has no options for modern filesystems » 2026-02-10 15:33:21
- sephiroth
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I have an issue installing Devuan Excalibur. I am trying this in a VirtualBox VM again. Never got 6.0 going due to a hang. Devuan 6.1.0 is only allowing ext2, FAT16, and FAT32 for filesystems. I pre-configured my drive as an EFI partition, /boot as ext3, / as ext4, swap, and /home as ext4. I am unable to select these types nor am I able to select the partition and simply choose a mount-point with "do not format" selected. I have taken screenshots of the sequence and posted them to imgur at the link below. How can I proceed in this instance?
#8 Re: Installation » Minimalist/selective installation? » 2025-06-11 15:02:54
I got busy and just got back to this project and I must say that I am surprised by the number of responses. Thank you to everybody who responded!
First, @fsmithred got it right. I am not talking a pure minimalist system in the sense of Puppy Linux or something. I want KDE/Plasma, but I only want what I use. I don't want endless dependencies for software I will never touch. I didn't mean a minimalist XFCE or LXDE setup with bare minimum CLI.
I'll try the ISO that @fsmithred shared also. I do like Ventoy because when it works, it works perfectly, but it doesn't seem to like the latest System Rescue CD or Devuan. Heck, it even boots my completely custom Windows 10 PE home-brew setup without a hitch. I have all of my Microsoft ISOs on a Ventoy drive as well as my Linux ISOs, minus Devuan.
Again, thanks for the help and I will be moving forward with this shortly, using the advice gathered here.
#9 Installation » Minimalist/selective installation? » 2025-05-27 18:52:21
- sephiroth
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I'm looking to install Devaun on a pair of Lenovo T570 laptops. I run Gentoo on my T580 but have no interest in maintaining that on my wife and daughter's systems. I used Debian until systemd showed up, so I figure it's time to try Devuan.
I used to have a method for installing Debian where I could install a minimalist shell using the network CD/DVD and manually install only the shell utilities I wanted, then install just the very core of KDE/Plasma and then install only the things I wanted there as well. Is this possible in Devuan? Where do I start?
Next up is the network CD image. I can't seem to make it boot with my standard USB drive setup. I run Ventoy and it boots the Debian netinstall, but not the Devuan. It boots Gentoo, System Rescue CD, all kinds of Windows ISOs, and more, but it doesn't like Devuan. Has anybody managed to boot Devuan without wasting a 256GB drive for a netinstall ISO? I don't really have a spare drive and most of my drives are quite large and not suitable for such a tiny ISO.
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