Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-02-02 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 05:06:54PM +0100, Michael Wagner > was heard to say: >> * Daniel Burrows 28.01.2009 >> > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner >> > was heard to say: >> >> > > aptitude --purge-unused purge xfc

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-31 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 19:28 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:37:34AM +1300, Richard Hector > was heard to say: > > Yep, I found that confusing too. What _I_ was looking for, though > > (apologies for the thread hijack), was a way to say: "Don't remove those > > unused pac

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:37:34AM +1300, Richard Hector was heard to say: > Yep, I found that confusing too. What _I_ was looking for, though > (apologies for the thread hijack), was a way to say: "Don't remove those > unused packages at this time". > > Is there an easy way to do that? $ aptit

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread John Hasler
Richard writes: > My context was that I needed to add a package to a machine that I'm not > the primary admin for, and didn't want to go removing (or unmarking-auto) > packages from a machine I don't fully understand the purpose of. Why not just 'apt-get install '? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSC

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 09:23 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 05:06:54PM +0100, Michael Wagner > was heard to say: > > From "man aptitude" > > > > --purge-unused > >Purge packages that are no longer required by any installed > > package. This is equivalent to passing

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 05:06:54PM +0100, Michael Wagner was heard to say: > * Daniel Burrows 28.01.2009 > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner > > was heard to say: > > > > aptitude --purge-unused purge xfce4-terminal > > > > > > It's documented in the man page of apt

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Michael Wagner
* Daniel Burrows 28.01.2009 > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner > was heard to say: > > aptitude --purge-unused purge xfce4-terminal > > > > It's documented in the man page of aptitude. > > All that does is cause programs which are already being removed > because the

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-27 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner was heard to say: > * Countable Infinity 23.01.2009 > > When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > > libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: > > > > aptitude purge xfce4-terminal > > > > it does not

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 22:41:46 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 24 January 2009 18:49:31 Alan Ianson wrote: > > On Sat January 24 2009 01:34:04 am Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 23 January 2009 21:22:40 Alan Ianson wrote: > > > > On Fri January 23 2009 01:08:49 pm Countable Infinity wrot

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 24 January 2009 18:49:31 Alan Ianson wrote: > On Sat January 24 2009 01:34:04 am Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 23 January 2009 21:22:40 Alan Ianson wrote: > > > On Fri January 23 2009 01:08:49 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: >

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sat January 24 2009 01:34:04 am Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2009 21:22:40 Alan Ianson wrote: > > On Fri January 23 2009 01:08:49 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: > > > > On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrot

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 05:56:47PM -0800, Daniel Burrows was heard to say: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:42:30PM +, Countable Infinity > was heard to say: > > When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > > libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: > > > > a

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2009 03:36:13 Nuno Magalhães wrote: Try deborphan or, better orphaner Nuno Magalhães Did not find orphaner. But I found gtkorphan. I used deborphan, cleaned up nicely also with aptitude purge... Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broa

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Saturday 24 January 2009 03:36:13 Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Try deborphan or, better orphaner > > Nuno Magalhães Did not find orphaner. But I found gtkorphan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 23 January 2009 21:22:40 Alan Ianson wrote: > On Fri January 23 2009 01:08:49 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: > > > On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > > >> When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically i

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 23 January 2009 21:08:49 Countable Infinity wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: > > On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > >> When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > >> libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But no

How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Try deborphan or, better orphaner Nuno Magalhães -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:42:30PM +, Countable Infinity was heard to say: > When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: > > aptitude purge xfce4-terminal > > it does not remove these libs that were installed autom

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Alan Ianson
On Fri January 23 2009 01:08:49 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: > > On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > >> When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > >> libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But no

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Countable Infinity
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrote: >> When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed >> libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: >> >> aptitude purge xfce4-terminal >> >> it does not remo

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Countable Infinity wrote: > When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: > > aptitude purge xfce4-terminal > > it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. > > Is there a way to remove these automatic

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 2009 January 23 14:42:30 Countable Infinity wrote: >When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed >libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: > >aptitude purge xfce4-terminal > >it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. > >Is there a wa

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Alan Ianson
On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrote: > When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed > libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: > > aptitude purge xfce4-terminal > > it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. > > Is there

How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Countable Infinity
When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depe