>> If you decide to whittle down your install, I recommend using
>> an rpm GUI manager, if you version of Linux has one. On RedHat
>> it is, just a minute and let me check, /usr/bin/gnorpm.
>
>For what it is worth, this utility has the same name under Mandrake. Thank you for pointing it out.
>
>When I ran it, I had to laugh out loud, seeing "filesystem" as one of the things that could be deleted from the installation. How hilarious!
>
>...A

That's why I use two methods:
The rpm remove command
and
make uninstall
JLK