[Fink-beginners] Detecting and Removing Unneeded Packages

2003-09-01 Thread Jonathan Levi MD
A recent observation that a command to install a single package (aterm) prompted the installation of 12 other packages, presumably unneeded by anything else in my fink installation, brings to mind this question: If I decide to remove a package, is there any way of determining what additional

Re: [Fink-beginners] Detecting and Removing Unneeded Packages

2003-09-01 Thread Alexander Hansen
An excellent question. The best way that I've come up with to date is to use the deborphan package--it can scan your system for packages that nothing depends on. On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 02:08 PM, Jonathan Levi MD wrote: A recent observation that a command to install a single package