Removing ubuntu-base?

[Jon Atkinson]

Rami,

AFAIK, ubuntu-base is a meta-package, which is used in the upgrade
process. You can remove it without any issues, but it may cause problems
if you're planning on upgrading in the future.

--Jon

On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 00:56 +0200, Rami Kayyali wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was trying to get rid of certain packages that I make no use of,
> like postfix and dhcp3 client. Only apt tells me that ubuntu-base
> depends on them. Listing ubuntu-base files shows only 2 files, a
> copyright and a gzip'ed file.
> 
> My questionsare:
> - What exactly does ubuntu-base do?
> - Is it ok to remove it anyway?
> - Can I remove postfix (or other packages) without removing ubuntu-base?
> - Can I remove postfix AND ubuntu-base then reinstall ubuntu-base
> without postfix?
> - Where do I find the deb package file for ubuntu-base?
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> Rami Kayyali.
>