However: Aptitude only works on 10.3 (it exists, but segfaults, on 10.4), and it builds only with gcc3.3.
On the other hand, debfoster does work. 'apt-get remove' prunes in the opposite direction: you remove a package and everything that depends on it, not everything that it depends on. On Monday 19 May 2008 15:45:07 David T. wrote: > According to http://www.fruit.je/debfoster/, "As of 2006-01-01, debfoster > is officially deprecated: aptitude does the same stuff as debfoster but > integrated into the apt system." > > Freshmeat lists www.fruits.je as the official website for debfoster, so it > seems valid... > > 'apt remove {pkgname}' will remove applications and their dependencies, > although I'm not sure either whether it will work with fink's packages or > whether it will remove build time dependencies. > > David > > --- Alexander K Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 17 May 2008 15:24:15 NSGifford wrote: > > > Maybe I'm overlooking something that's supposed to be very easy, but > > > for all my searching I can't figure out how to remove unused > > > dependencies. Any of the following would be useful: > > > > > > A way to remove unused dependencies (i.e. build dependencies or > > > dependencies for primary packages that have already been removed) > > > A way to list unused dependencies for manual removal > > > A way to list the packages I manually installed that weren't > > > dependencies and what their dependencies were > > > > > > After installing a few packages with several hundred dependencies my > > > disk space is ever shrinking! > > > Any help is appreciated. Thanks. > > > > It sounds like you want debfoster. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
