i noticed the 'installed packages' section, but on removing some not needed packages and then requesting a build, the firmware is built with those packages
need some help in understanding if the point of the 'installed packages' section is to not 'remove packages' only to add as required?
in the screenshot below, for example, i would like to remove the highlighted packages, however, on removing them, and then requesting a build, the build includes the packages removed from the 'installed packages' section
That usually happens when a package selected for installation depends on a package you removed. In that case, the removed package gets pulled into the build as a dependency.
IPv6 support can't he removed with the imagebuilder (and attempting to so so would leave you in a horribly insecure situation, as the kernel would fall back to its default behaviour, without firewall, conciguration options, etc.).
Package base-files (1562-r24106-10cc5fcd00) installed in root is up to date.
Package busybox (1.36.1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package ca-bundle (20230311-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package dnsmasq (2.90-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package dropbear (2022.82-6) installed in root is up to date.
Package firewall4 (2023-09-01-598d9fbb-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package fstools (2023-02-28-bfe882d5-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kernel (5.15.167-1-5bc03255e08a37a54dbb31ad01735f42) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-gpio-button-hotplug (5.15.167-3) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-leds-gpio (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-mt76x0e (5.15.167+2024-04-03-1e336a85-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-nft-offload (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-rt2800-soc (5.15.167+6.1.110-1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-usb-ohci (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-usb2 (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package libc (1.2.4-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package libgcc1 (12.3.0-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package libustream-mbedtls20201210 (2023-02-25-498f6e26-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package logd (2022-08-13-4c7b720b-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package mtd (26) installed in root is up to date.
Package netifd (2024-01-04-c18cc79d-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package nftables-json (1.0.8-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package odhcp6c (2023-05-12-bcd28363-20) installed in root is up to date.
Package odhcpd-ipv6only (2023-10-24-d8118f6e-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package opkg (2022-02-24-d038e5b6-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package ppp (2.4.9.git-2021-01-04-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package ppp-mod-pppoe (2.4.9.git-2021-01-04-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package procd (2023-06-25-2db83655-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package procd-seccomp (2023-06-25-2db83655-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package procd-ujail (2023-06-25-2db83655-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package swconfig (12) installed in root is up to date.
Package uci (2023-08-10-5781664d-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package uclient-fetch (2023-04-13-007d9454-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package urandom-seed (3) installed in root is up to date.
Package urngd (2023-11-01-44365eb1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package wpad-basic-mbedtls (2023-09-08-e5ccbfc6-8) installed in root is up to date.
after removing odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only opkg ppp ppp-mod-pppoe it includes the following package
(5.9 mb)
Package base-files (1562-r24106-10cc5fcd00) installed in root is up to date.
Package busybox (1.36.1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package ca-bundle (20230311-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package dnsmasq (2.90-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package dropbear (2022.82-6) installed in root is up to date.
Package firewall4 (2023-09-01-598d9fbb-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package fstools (2023-02-28-bfe882d5-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kernel (5.15.167-1-5bc03255e08a37a54dbb31ad01735f42) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-gpio-button-hotplug (5.15.167-3) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-leds-gpio (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-mt76x0e (5.15.167+2024-04-03-1e336a85-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-nft-offload (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-rt2800-soc (5.15.167+6.1.110-1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-usb-ohci (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package kmod-usb2 (5.15.167-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package libc (1.2.4-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package libgcc1 (12.3.0-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package libustream-mbedtls20201210 (2023-02-25-498f6e26-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package logd (2022-08-13-4c7b720b-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package mtd (26) installed in root is up to date.
Package netifd (2024-01-04-c18cc79d-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package nftables-json (1.0.8-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package procd (2023-06-25-2db83655-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package procd-seccomp (2023-06-25-2db83655-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package procd-ujail (2023-06-25-2db83655-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package swconfig (12) installed in root is up to date.
Package uci (2023-08-10-5781664d-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package uclient-fetch (2023-04-13-007d9454-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package urandom-seed (3) installed in root is up to date.
Package urngd (2023-11-01-44365eb1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package wpad-basic-mbedtls
hopefully all the odhcp ipv6 and ppp packages are removed but opkg can't be removed
so just clear the mentioned package and save 0.2 mb
In general, you remove packages by prefixing them with a '-', so for example to do a build that uses dnsmasq-full to replace the default dnsmasq package, the installed packages would list:
... -dnsmasq ... dnsmasq-full ...
So, even if the package is one of the defaults as above, it will be successfully removed. But as @NC1 says, it's often the case that the package is included as a result of dependencies, so you have to chase up the dependency chain and remove the "top-level" package that requires it (which may not be possible without breaking something severely, so do your homework!).
For completeness with respect to the title, can someone mention the meaning / action(s) indicated when the static red bar appears in place of the normal progression bar when adding a package or few?
