Re: [SLUG] removing samba

[meryl]

> Hi,
> I know I'm late for the party but I don't see anyone mentioning
> aptitude's amazing "mark for auto remove" flag (set by pressing M). By
> marking packages you know you don't care about with this flag you
> automatically get them removed when nothing you care about depends on
> them.
> Also to get this flag set automatically when you install packages just
> use aptitude instead of apt-get, e.g. Replace any mention of "apt-get
> install ..." with "aptitude install...".
> Cheers,
> -Amos

Hi Amos, 

yes iirc I saw that same orphan management tool in an "apt-get vs
aptitude" article once but I'd since forgotten all about it... thanks
for the reminder, much appreciated!

cheers,
Meryl
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Re: [SLUG] removing samba

[Amos Shapira]

Hi,
I know I'm late for the party but I don't see anyone mentioning
aptitude's amazing "mark for auto remove" flag (set by pressing M). By
marking packages you know you don't care about with this flag you
automatically get them removed when nothing you care about depends on
them.
Also to get this flag set automatically when you install packages just
use aptitude instead of apt-get, e.g. Replace any mention of "apt-get
install ..." with "aptitude install...".

Cheers,
-Amos

On 2/19/10, meryl  wrote:
> Thank you Ken, Erik, James & Mike for your replies.
> You are a wealth of information!
>
> non-dependent Samba pkgs removed, restarted and I'm very happy!
>
> thanks again & cheers,
> Meryl
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