https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-manage-packages-in-ubuntu-and-debian-with-apt-get-apt-cache
apt-get autoremove is probably what you're after, but you can also apt-get remove --purge to remove the debs too. That page seems to be a fairly decent reference for every day APT usage, however for the BBB avoid apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade. For more than every day usage , there is a lot to APT. For instance you can even rate limit downloads via apt, with a few choice flags. Google is your friend here, and when in doubt . . . well its best to create a Debian VM and experiment Things for the most part should be the same. Package availability however will be different. x86 has far more available packages. On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:52 PM, <atomik...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to completely disable the GUI, but in the simplest way possible. > It is used as a headless device and doesn't need those resources sucked up. > > I have successfully disabled it, but I feel my procedure is breaking > things behind the scenes. All I am doing is: > > apt-get remove lightdm > > In retrospect, perhaps purge would be better. > > Can anyone see holes in the method, or recommend a better method? > > Thanks > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
