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Vundu

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Jun 10, 2009
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Hi Guys,

What default packages that Cydia installs can you safely remove? Or are they all needed?

I want to clean it up a bit.
 
Hi I'm new to all this. I was wondering if someone can list all the packages that come with cydia when you first install. Including the expert list thank you.
 
Almost one year later, but still useful for some people, here is a list:
Code:
Default Cydia packages (iOS 5.1.1 Absynthe jailbroken)

APR (/usr/lib)
APT 0.7 (apt-key)
APT 0.7 Strict (lib)

Base Structure
BigBoss Icon Set
Bourne-Again SHell
bzip2

Core Utilities (/bin)
Cydia Installer
Cydia Translations

Darwin Tools
Debian Packager
Debian Utilities
Diff Utilities

Find Utilities

GNU Privacy Guard
grep
gzip

LZMA Utils

New Curses

PAM (Apple)
PAM Modules
pcre
Profile Directory

Readline
Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untethered

sed
shell-cmds
system-cmds

Tape Archive

UIKit Tools
 
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