On Fri, 2013-11-15 at 16:46 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Mark a few of the top level ones and then run autoremove, answer 'n'o. > Then pick another top level package and mark it. Then run autoremove > again and answer 'n'o again. Repeat until you have marked to keep all > of the packages that you want to keep.
As root running a command that could remove packages, just to monitor something, is bad practice. Soon or later it will result in "Oops, accidentally removed". "-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act No action. Perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not actually change the system." - http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1384587118.707.12.camel@archlinux