Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
andy wrote: Nigel Henry wrote: I havn't tried Marc's script yet, but if it works as he says, it should remove all but the latest package versions in /var/cache/apt/archives. Perhaps "clean-all-but-the-latest" would be a good addition to apt-get. Only light hearted week-end ramblings. Nige

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread andy
Nigel Henry wrote: I havn't tried Marc's script yet, but if it works as he says, it should remove all but the latest package versions in /var/cache/apt/archives. Perhaps "clean-all-but-the-latest" would be a good addition to apt-get. Only light hearted week-end ramblings. Nigel. To confi

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 18 November 2007 20:03, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Nov 16, 7:10 pm, "David Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or auto-clean. Check the man > > > page. It will remove debs that aren'

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Nov 16, 7:10 pm, "David Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or auto-clean. Check the man > > page. It will remove debs that aren't current. or something like that. > > Actually, all that do

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread joseph lockhart
> My previous post had a link to where I have Cleanapt > available on the > web, but I will repost it here to make sure that > people get it. It is > not packaged as a .deb file. > >http://mysite.verizon.net/~mshapiro_42/index.html > > From the main page, take the 'Misc' link, scroll to

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread Steve Kemp
Please remember to trim messages you're replying to. We don't need to have all prior messages in the thread repeated for each reply.. Steve -- http://www.steve.org.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread andy
Marc Shapiro wrote: My previous post had a link to where I have Cleanapt available on the web, but I will repost it here to make sure that people get it. It is not packaged as a .deb file. http://mysite.verizon.net/~mshapiro_42/index.html From the main page, take the 'Misc' link, scroll to

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
joseph lockhart wrote: --- Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 16 November 2007 22:02, David Fox wrote: On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread joseph lockhart
--- Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Reid wrote: > > On Friday 16 November 2007 22:02, David Fox wrote: > > > >> On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or > auto-clean. Check the man > >>> page. I

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: many package .deb files exist which are not installed, or are duplicated in the archives. It then gives options for deleting them with, or without prompting. I don't know of any packaged program that does this, however. That's

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: many package .deb files exist which are not installed, or are duplicated in the archives. It then gives options for deleting them with, or without prompting. I don't know of any packaged program that does this, however. That's why I wrote my own. T

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 16 November 2007 22:02, David Fox wrote: On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or auto-clean. Check the man page. It will remove debs that aren't current. or something like that. Actual

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread Andrew Reid
On Friday 16 November 2007 22:02, David Fox wrote: > On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or auto-clean. Check the man > > page. It will remove debs that aren't current. or something like that. > > Actually, all that does is to r

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 07:02:12PM -0800, David Fox wrote: > On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or auto-clean. Check the man > > page. It will remove debs that aren't current. or something like that. > > Actually, all that

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread David Fox
On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think OP is looking for aptitude clean or auto-clean. Check the man > page. It will remove debs that aren't current. or something like that. Actually, all that does is to remove either all (clean) or selected (auto-clean) - selecte

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:32:14PM +, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:27:59PM -0500, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > > > Is there a way to find out the 'not used' .deb packages after > > dis-upgrade and remove them to free up some disk space? > > I don't know what you mean by "'not

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:27:59PM -0500, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > Is there a way to find out the 'not used' .deb packages after > dis-upgrade and remove them to free up some disk space? I don't know what you mean by "'not used' after dist-upgrade", but if you have popularity-contest installed yo

unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-16 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there a way to find out the 'not used' .deb packages after dis-upgrade and remove them to free up some disk space? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]