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Updated by Daniel Curtis over 10 years ago

While tinkering with my Raspberry Pi, I wanted to deploy something streamlined. So I needed to remove all the packages that I have deemed unnecessary to obtain as close to a bare installation as possible.  

 * The exact command I used to remove the packages: 
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 sudo apt-get remove wolfram-engine penguinspuzzle scratch dillo squeak-vm squeak-plugins-scratch sonic-pi idle idle3 netsurf-gtk netsurf-common 
 </pre> 

 * Next, run a little bit of housekeeping: 
 <pre> 
 sudo apt-get autoremove 
 sudo apt-get clean 
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 * And then remove example files and optional files: 
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 rm -rf /home/pi/python_games 
 sudo rm -rf /opt/vc 
 </pre> 

 This will remove more than 500MB of space, and bring the installation down under 2GB. This regained space can be used for swap to increase the performance of the RPi. 

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