Ubuntu 12.04 Precise post install on AWS EC2

ubuntu_precise_ec2_post_install

aptitude -y purge accountsservice acpid apport apport-symptoms apt-transport-https apt-xapian-index at busybox-static byobu cloud-initramfs-growroot cloud-initramfs-rescuevol console-setup curl dbus dmidecode dosfstools ed eject fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console friendly-recovery ftp fuse geoip-database gettext-base gir1.2-glib-2.0 gir1.2-gudev-1.0 grub-common grub-gfxpayload-lists grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common hdparm iptables iputils-ping iputils-tracepath irqbalance iw kbd keyboard-configuration krb5-locales landscape-client landscape-common language-selector-common laptop-detect libaccountsservice0 libcap-ng0 libcurl3 libdate-manip-perl libdbus-glib-1-2 libevent-2.0-5 libfreetype6 libfuse2 libgc1c2 libgirepository-1.0-1 libgudev-1.0-0 libiw30 libjs-jquery libnfnetlink0 libparted0debian1 libpcap0.8 libpci3 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libsasl2-modules libusb-1.0-0 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxcb1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxmuu1 libyaml-syck-perl logwatch lshw lsof ltrace memtest86+ mlocate nano ntfs-3g os-prober parted patch pciutils plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text popularity-contest postfix powermgmt-base ppp pppconfig pppoeconf python-apport python-chardet python-dbus python-dbus-dev python-debian python-gi python-httplib2 python-keyring python-launchpadlib python-lazr.restfulclient python-lazr.uri python-newt python-openssl python-pam python-pkg-resources python-problem-report python-serial python-simplejson python-twisted-bin python-twisted-core python-twisted-names python-twisted-web python-wadllib python-xapian python-zope.interface sgml-base ssh-import-id strace tasksel tasksel-data tcpd tcpdump telnet time tmux ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard ufw update-manager-core update-notifier-common ureadahead usbutils vim-tiny w3m whoopsie wireless-tools wpasupplicant xauth xkb-data xml-core accountsservice acpid apport apt-xapian-index at byobu cloud-initramfs-growroot cloud-initramfs-rescuevol console-setup dbus friendly-recovery fuse grub-common grub-pc hdparm iptables irqbalance kbd keyboard-configuration landscape-client landscape-common language-selector-common libaccountsservice0 libcap-ng0 libcurl3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libevent-2.0-5 libfreetype6 libfuse2 libgc1c2 libgirepository-1.0-1 libgudev-1.0-0 libiw30 libnfnetlink0 libparted0debian1 libpcap0.8 libpci3 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libusb-1.0-0 libx11-6 libxau6 libxcb1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxmuu1 logwatch ltrace memtest86+ mlocate nano ntfs-3g pciutils plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text popularity-contest postfix ppp pppconfig pppoeconf python-apport python-gi python-twisted-core sgml-base ssh-import-id tasksel tcpdump telnet tmux ufw update-manager-core update-notifier-common ureadahead vim-tiny w3m whoopsie wireless-tools wpasupplicant xml-core

apt-get clean

echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10recommended

echo "deb http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main universe
deb http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main universe" > /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update

dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | xargs aptitude -y purge -

rm /etc/init/tty{2,3,4,5,6}.conf
rm -r /etc/calendar /etc/dbus-1 /etc/ppp
rm /etc/vtrgb /etc/alternatives/vtrgb
rm /etc/gai.conf
rm -r /var/log/news
find /var/log/ -type f -name '*.gz*' -exec rm {} \;
rm /var/log/ufw.log

rm -rf /etc/sgml
rm -rf /var/lib/update-notifier
rm -rf /var/lib/update-manager
rm -rf /lib/recovery-mode