On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 22:04, Tong Sun wrote: > try the 4th time. > > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:56:21 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Obsessed with a clean system > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > Anybody here is as obsessed as I am for a clean > system? > > Looking at the packages I installed, I know there > would be lots of them that I will never use. E.g., > > kscreensaver ktux xscreensaver kdewallpapers atlantik > atlantikdesigner gnome-games gnome-games-data katomic > kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kdegames > kdegames-card-data kenolaba kfouleggs kgoldrunner > khangman kjumpingcube klickety kmahjongg kmessedwords > kolf konquest kpat ksirtet ksmiletris ksokoban > kspaceduel libgdkcardimage0 libkdegames1 libkpathsea3 > lskat > > I don't want them, but I have to keep them. This to me > is a huge list. > > I used to remove all files in unwanted rpm packages in > RH, leaving only empty shells in the system. Anybody > has done similar things in Debian? >
are you sure you *need* them? if you want to get rid of the packages, you could use "dpkg --force-dependency <package-name>" if there is some other packages that want to keep those listed above around. dpkg has all sorts of different options you can force, see man dpkg. -matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]