Re: How to search for needelessly installed library packages ?
Try deborphan Later Lee Begg On Saturday 09 September 2006 23:13, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote: > It's not as is my disk is full, but every now and then I like to cleanup a > bit. > > Over the years I have accumulated many packages the were installed because > of some dependancy that no longer applies. > > Anybody here that can either give a quick course, or give a pointer to > information on how to search for packages that are libraries with no > dependancies other than their own docs and/or their -dev version ? > > I had a look at cruft, but that only checks for file which do not appear in > the package database. This is is good for cleaning up too, but not for > search for packages which are perfectly well installed but which have no > usefull dependancy. > > Actually, _is_ there some kind of mark on packages which were installed > only to satisfy a dependancy ? > > Cheers, > > Ernest. pgpnIthNo6o7S.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How to search for needelessly installed library packages ?
On Saturday 09 September 2006 13:13, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote: > It's not as is my disk is full, but every now and then I like to cleanup a > bit. > > Over the years I have accumulated many packages the were installed because > of some dependancy that no longer applies. > > Anybody here that can either give a quick course, or give a pointer to > information on how to search for packages that are libraries with no > dependancies other than their own docs and/or their -dev version ? > > hmm, try a: aptitude --purge-unused upgrade in general, if you try to use aptitude, it has automatic removal of unused packages, every time you install, upgrade or remove something. Both command-line and gui are wonderful! Cheers, Dimitris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to search for needelessly installed library packages ?
It's not as is my disk is full, but every now and then I like to cleanup a bit. Over the years I have accumulated many packages the were installed because of some dependancy that no longer applies. Anybody here that can either give a quick course, or give a pointer to information on how to search for packages that are libraries with no dependancies other than their own docs and/or their -dev version ? I had a look at cruft, but that only checks for file which do not appear in the package database. This is is good for cleaning up too, but not for search for packages which are perfectly well installed but which have no usefull dependancy. Actually, _is_ there some kind of mark on packages which were installed only to satisfy a dependancy ? Cheers, Ernest. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
