maemo.org - Talk - What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

maemo.org - Talk (https://talk.maemo.org/index.php)

- Maemo 5 / Fremantle (https://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=40)

- - What packages are safe to remove (purge)? (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=82641)

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Update: reinstalling sysinfod put Bluetooth and FMTX back.
Upshot: sysinfod is NOT a safe package to remove.
Although I wish it were. Having two instances running all the time is annoying.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

I made some testing about sysinfod.

First grab installation deb, backup it and unpack, e.g.

Code:

apt-get install --reinstall sysinfod

cp /var/cache/apt/archives/sysinfod_0~20100226.1\+0m5_armel.deb .

(Then you can install it back with dpkg -i sysinfod_0~20100226.1\+0m5_armel.deb)

Unpack deb:

Code:

ar x sysinfod_0~20100226.1\+0m5_armel.deb

tar zxvf data.tar.gz

Then uninstall sysinfod and reboot

Code:

apt-get remove sysinfod

reboot

I found that wifi and bluetooth are then broken (anything else?).

Enable wifi: (use xterm on root)

Code:

./sysinfod --system

Let it running

In another tab run (also root)

Code:

wl1251-cal

It should say: "found MAC address" (And not "The name com.nokia.SystemInfo was not provided by any .service files")

Then you can kill sysinfod (Ctrl+c)

Finish with GUI to select access point.

Enable bluetooth:

Code:

./sysinfod --system

Let it running

Another tab or over ssh (root):

Code:

/usr/bin/sysinfo-tool -g /certs/npc/esn/bt_id | sed 's/$..$/\1:/g;s/:$//' > /sys/devices/platform/hci_h4p/bdaddr

At this point you can kill sysinfod.

Code:

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.bluez `dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters | awk -F'"' '/at/ {print $2}' ` org.bluez.Adapter.SetProperty string:Powered variant:boolean:true

***************
Getting rid of sysinfod:
For bluetooth, run once (when sysinfod is running):

Quote:

/usr/bin/sysinfo-tool -g /certs/npc/esn/bt_id | sed 's/$..$/\1:/g;s/:$//' > bt_address

And later (no need for sysinfod)

Code:

cat bt_address > /sys/devices/platform/hci_h4p/bdaddr

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=org.bluez `dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez / org.bluez.Manager.ListAdapters | awk -F'"' '/at/ {print $2}' ` org.bluez.Adapter.SetProperty string:Powered variant:boolean:true

----
wl1251-cal do more, there are wiki page: http://wiki.maemo.org/Wl1251-cal

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Thanks for that, Aapo. It looks rather involved but I will try it one evening when I manage to stay awake while putting the kids to bed :)

Meanwhile, here is my full list of packages that I have removed from my phone. Please keep in mind that some of them might be useful for some people. For example MfE, AS and all those chat (Jabber etc - I only use Skype and even that only rarely so everything else had to go) and sharing (Facebook and friends - no one will ever force me to use that) plugins. And of course, some of them have been replaced with community alternatives (adobe-flash-player and kernel come to mind).

You may notice that stock file manager went too. I replaced it with Hamster Filer (*the* file manager - that's how a file manager should look!). However I did not have much luck there because of the totally brain dead way the language dependencies are implemented. The main reason for wanting to get rid of File Manager was to get rid of its l10n packages, but - fancy that - they are used by hildon-status-bar-usb and ke-recv. D'oh!

Without further ado...

Code:

adobe-flashplayer

amazon-installer

ap-installer

as-config-applet-0

as-config-applet-l10n*

as-daemon-0

as-utils

camel-as-provider-0

camelisync

cherry

chinese-font

clinkc-av-gnomevfs

clinkc-av0

clinkc0

connui-iapsettings-gprs

csd-gprs

dsme-thermalobject-surface

dtg-installer

ezitext-czech

ezitext-danish

ezitext-dutch

ezitext-english-gb

ezitext-english-us

ezitext-essential-plugins

ezitext-finnish

ezitext-french-ca

ezitext-french-fr

ezitext-german

ezitext-greek

ezitext-italian

ezitext-norwegian

ezitext-polish

ezitext-portuguese-pt

ezitext-russian

ezitext-spanish-es

ezitext-spanish-us

ezitext-swedish

facebook-installer

foreca-installer

funambol-cpp-api

gcc-4.2-base

google-search-widget

gprs-provisioning

gst-nokia-wm

hildon-games-wrapper0

hildon-im-common-virtual-settings

hildon-im-fkb

hildon-im-virtual-keyboard-layouts

hildon-input-method-plugins-western

hildon-input-method-widgets

hildon-startup-progress

hildon-theme-beta

hildon-theme-variant-203

hildon-welcome

hildon-welcome-default-logo

hildon-welcome-settings-203

imageviewer

imengines-ezitext

iphbd

kernel

kernel-flasher

kernel-modules

libas-common-ui-0

libas-protocol-0

libas-storage-0

libezitext

libgssdp-1.0-2

libgupnp-1.0-3

libgupnp-av-1.0-2

libgupnp-igd-1.0-2

libicd-network-gprs

libloudmouth1-0

libmaesync

libnice-gstreamer0.10

libnice0

libomxil-ti-components

libomxil-ti0

libpoppler0c2

libpoppler0c2-glib

libsofia-sip-ua-glib3

libsofia-sip-ua0

libtelepathy-farsight0

libtotem-plparser12

location-home-applet

maemo-customer-logo-203

maemo-optify-runonce

maemoblocks

maesync-backend

maesync-controller

maesync-l10n*

mafw-gst-renderer

mafw-iradio-source

mafw-iradio-source-bookmarks-203

mafw-playlist-daemon

mafw-tracker-source

mafw-upnp-source

mediaplayer

mediaplayer-l10n*

mediaplayer-restore

mediaplayerhomeapplet

microb-geolocation

microb-l10n

modest-as-plugin-0

modest-home-applet

modest-nokiamessaging-plugin

modest-nokiamessaging-plugin-l10n*

mp-fremantle-203-pr

nokiamaps-navigation-provider-settings-203

nokiamessaging

operator-wizard-settings-override-203

osso-abook-home-applet

osso-applet-device

osso-applet-device-l10n*

osso-applet-languageregional

osso-applet-memory

osso-applet-memory-l10n*

osso-applet-textinput

osso-applet-textinput-l10n*

osso-calculator

osso-calculator-engine

osso-calculator-ui

osso-calculator-ui-l10n*

osso-dsm-ui-l10n*

osso-filemanager

osso-filemanager-ui

osso-graphics-game-lmarbles

osso-lmarbles

osso-maesync-plugin

osso-maesync-ui

osso-notes

osso-notes-l10n*

osso-pdf-viewer

osso-pdf-viewer-l10n*

osso-rss-feed-reader

osso-rss-feed-reader-applet

osso-rss-feed-reader-feeds-203

osso-rss-feed-reader-l10n*

osso-rss-feed-reader-lib*

osso-sketch

osso-sketch-l10n*

osso-startup-wizard

osso-startup-wizard-settings-203

osso-suw-l10n*

osso-systemui-splashscreen

osso-tutorial-l10n*

ota-settings

ovi-promotion-widget

preinstalled-contacts-variant-203

prolog-extensions

qtm-maemo-metapackage

rtcom-accounts-plugin-facebook

rtcom-accounts-plugin-gtalk

rtcom-accounts-plugin-jabber

rtcom-accounts-plugin-nokiachat

rtcom-accounts-plugin-sip

rtcom-accounts-sip-203

rtcom-accounts-voip-support

rtcom-accounts-xmpp-203

rtcom-skype-emoticons-theme

sharing-rtcom

sharing-service-flickr

sharing-service-ovi

status-area-applet-activesync-0

status-area-applet-battery

tablet-browser-mediaplayer-plugin

telepathy-gabble

telepathy-sofiasip

testserver

tracker

tracker-utils

tutorial-home-applet

wappushd

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Pichlo, what you use for imageviewer replacement? imageviewer misses so many features and nothing can be do. I have tried to use eog (eye of the gnome) and geeqie, but they would need more work to be handy on N900.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

You're right, the imageviewer replacement is still a bit open. Currently I use quiver from diablo repos but it is far from perfect, and not only because of missing icons for some buttons.

I actually quite liked imageviewer but I had to remove it if I wanted to remove tracker. My ideal solution would be gpicview from Debian but my attempts to install it directly (read: out of Easy Debian) have thus far always resulted in a bricked device (through replacing libc6).

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Anybody know what maemo-installer-utils is for? Nothing (that I have) depends on it but the name looks a bit scary.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pichlo (Post 1350621)

Anybody know what maemo-installer-utils is for? Nothing (that I have) depends on it but the name looks a bit scary.

It's a helper program according to the wiki entry.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_clos...nstaller-utils

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pichlo (Post 1349916)

My ideal solution would be gpicview from Debian but my attempts to install it directly (read: out of Easy Debian) have thus far always resulted in a bricked device (through replacing libc6).

I pushed gpicview (0.2.3-2 from debian) to the extras-devel. It is missing icons (zoom in, zoom out, fullscreen). And many icons, including 'open', are out of the screen. -> It can open file only from commandline -> no point for menu icon yet.
Test with: /opt/gpicview/bin/gpicview IMAGENAME
Referring log, there are missing also gtk-save, gtk-delete and 'gtk-preferences'.

------
BTW: If you want test newer libc6, check this out: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1329134 (for libc6 2.15.90, should be enough for wheezy+jessie).

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

What is Prolog good for? Do I need it?

In my post above I indicated having removed prolog-extensions but trying to do it now again wants to autoremove ohm-plugin-prolog which I do not list above. It is quite possible that I missed it, of course.

I have never knowingly used Prolog, nor do I feel any urge to start now.

Re: What packages are safe to remove (purge)?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pichlo (Post 1376387)

Prolog is used on N900 to decide about audio output levels for speakers and audio out (see e.g. first paragraph of http://wiki.maemo.org/Porting/Audio ). That sounds like a crazy idea, doesn't it? I wish I could meet a guy who decided "hey, using prolog for this would be a great idea" :)