Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Csányi Pál wrote: > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? Try 'orphaner'. sudo orphaner Or sudo orphaner --purge Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-18 Thread - Tong -
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:45:01 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: >> I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. >> It automatically delete orphaned packages. Yep, second to that, aptitude alone can do the job quite well.

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-17 Thread Sven Joachim
"Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 08/16/2007 05:45 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: >>> I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package >>> manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. >> >> What if I'm still using t

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/16/2007 05:45 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just because i

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: > I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. > It automatically delete orphaned packages. What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just because it's not being maintained is no reason to dele

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Wei Wang
I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. Regards On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:19 +0200, Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! > > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the ap

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread dulev
> > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > > One line/instruction with "debfoster". > "apt-get autoremove" also does some interesting things. But not in the Etch with apt version 0.6.. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:19 +0200, Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! Hi, > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: One line/instruction with "debfoster". "apt-get autoremove" also does some interesting things. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Johannes Tax
Hello, On [Thu, 16.08.2007 08:19], Csányi Pál wrote: > I try: > sudo deborphan | aptitude purge dpkg --purge `deborphan` executed as root will do the job. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Sven Joachim
Csányi Pál <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude. > > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? > > man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows an

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread wimpunk
Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! > > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude. > > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? > > man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows any sugge

Using deborphan

2007-08-15 Thread Csányi Pál
Hello! I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: sudo deborphan | less and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude. Is there an automated way to do this task out there? man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows any suggestion about that. I try: sudo deborph

Re: quick n00b tip - purging files using deborphan

2002-10-15 Thread csj
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:05:27 -0400 jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just a quick small tip... so as not to waste too much list space. > > to collect a list of 'orphan' files (files that your current system > doesn't depend on) on your system and then remove them: > > $ apt-get install deborph

quick n00b tip - purging files using deborphan

2002-10-14 Thread jeff
just a quick small tip... so as not to waste too much list space. to collect a list of 'orphan' files (files that your current system doesn't depend on) on your system and then remove them: $ apt-get install deborphan $ deborphan > $ cat | dpkg --purge this will use as a package list of the