Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

apt-get [remove|purge] package-name apt-get autoremove refer to the apt-get man page (man apt-get) for the nuances of apt-get's options. other useful tools are deborphan and the happy menu based orphaner. which you may have to apt-get install first :) Dean On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:13:41 +1000, S

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Michael Lake wrote: Hi all I have a Debian server and I wish to remove several dozen packages. How do I remove a package and it's dependencies? Perhaps use a tool like aptitude - it will find/display dependencies for you. -- Sonia Hamilton. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 11:07 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > Peter Hardy wrote: > > Hey hey. > > > > On Wed, Michael Lake wrote: > "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? > >> The above won't remove a package if there are dependencies. > > > > It should. What version of debian / apt

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Hi all Sounding more and more like you've got a fairly old debian. You can try using the apt-rdepends tool to list dependencies. If it's not available, I'd probably just use dpkg to get a list of dependencies and then do exactly what you're doing now. Ugh. :-) Michael Lake wrote: Maybe I'll

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Peter Hardy wrote: Hey hey. On Wed, Michael Lake wrote: "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? The above won't remove a package if there are dependencies. It should. What version of debian / apt do you have? To pick an example at random: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% sudo apt-get remove

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Quoting Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: That option is not listed in man dpkg or man apt-get. 'apt-get autoremove test' Invalid operation autoremove Mike, On older debian/ubuntu installs you can use deborphan to find any packages that are no longer required. Then if you also install wajig

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

2008/7/23 Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all > > I have a Debian server and I wish to remove several dozen packages. > How do I remove a package and it's dependencies? > > So far I'm doing this: > > cat list_to_remove | xargs dpkg -P > > where list_to_remove is like this: > atlas3-base >

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Ken Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 18:07 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: > > > Hey hey. > > > > On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:57 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: > > >

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 18:07 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote: > Hey hey. > > On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:57 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > > Jeff Waugh wrote: > > >> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: > > >> "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? > > The above won't remove a p

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Hey hey. On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:57 +1000, Michael Lake wrote: > Jeff Waugh wrote: > >> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: > >> "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? > The above won't remove a package if there are dependencies. It should. What version of debian

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Waugh wrote: > >> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: >>> "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? >>> >> The above won't remove a package if there are dependencies. > > Jeff and Ken said:

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Jeff Waugh wrote: On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? The above won't remove a package if there are dependencies. Jeff and Ken said: apt-get autoremove You can also do autoremove in place of remove, to do it all at onc

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: > > > "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? > > followed by > > apt-get autoremove You can also do autoremove in place of remove, to do it all at once. :-) - Jeff -- OSDC 2008: Sydney, Australia

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: > "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? followed by apt-get autoremove This will clean up some of those dependencies. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: htt

Re: [SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

"apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you? On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > I have a Debian server and I wish to remove several dozen packages. > How do I remove a package and it's dependencies? > > So far I'm doing this: > > cat list_

[SLUG] Debian: How do I remove a package and all it's dependencies?

Hi all I have a Debian server and I wish to remove several dozen packages. How do I remove a package and it's dependencies? So far I'm doing this: cat list_to_remove | xargs dpkg -P where list_to_remove is like this: atlas3-base atlas3-base-dev blast2 bioperl I end up with some