On 1/26/08, Dave Vincenty <<a href="mailto:dave@thedavefactor.com">dave@thedavefactor.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Here's something I've wanted to ask for a while. Okay, I've been getting a message when I run "apt-get": > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > knetwalk kpat libdb4.4++ libstrigiqtdbusclient0 liblash2 ksokoban > kolf blinken krec kscd kshisen kmoon kmahjongg klaptopdaemon ksig ksim > kwifimanager libqimageblitz4 kcharselect guile-1.8 kjumpingcube > kdeartwork-style sooperlooper kregexpeditor kdeartwork-misc kcoloredit > artsbuilder kdessh kanagram freebirth-data knode kmrml katomic > libcvsservice0 kleopatra kdegames-card-data kruler qamix lilypond-data > ktux klettres libportaudio2 kdebase-data-kde4 tapiir kgoldrunner > kbackgammon kpoker terminatorx dirmngr kdepim-kfile-plugins librdf0 > libkiten1 kgeography libsoundtouch1c2 kpackage liblockdev1 kenolaba > zynaddsubfx freqtweak kblackbox gtick atlantikdesigner konsolekalendar > klatin kfloppy muse csound audacity kstars ttf-dustin ksame kbruch > shaketracker libkdegames1 freebirth libqt4-qt3support kcalc denemo > libmimelib1c2a keduca kandy kdeedu-data kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data > libsqlite0 bitscope kdeartwork-theme-icon kweather kmplot kalzium > ksirc kde-icons-oxygen puredata librss1 klinkstatus klickety > kpovmodeler ksayit librasqal0 kmouth kalarm noatun-plugins kworldclock > mpeglib kalzium-data kdewebdev bristol kdegames kicker-applets > amor kdict guile-1.8-libs ktouch kgeography-data ktnef khexedit > kdeaccessibility kedit kbounce kvoctrain jackeq libgtkmm1.2-0c2a > libsoprano4 kdetoys kimagemapeditor atlantik jdelay tidy > libtidy-0.99-0 kwordquiz kview ktron ttf-sjfonts kdelibs5-data cvs > kdenetwork libtiff-tools kttsd libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-1c2a > kdeartwork-emoticons dcoprss ksysv mixxx kwin4 kdewallpapers > libksieve0 kuser klettres-data kreversi kdf libcaptury0 qsampler > kspaceduel libgle3 kig vkeybd juk noatun klines jack-rack > fifteenapplet libmxml1 kdemultimedia mixxx-data kfaxview kstars-data > libsigc++-1.2-5c2 qsynth edict lskat libarts1-mpeglib > kaddressbook-plugins kgamma kviewshell kfilereplace libqt4-sql > kommander timemachine kdeutils lilypond kdegraphics kaboodle > libphonon4 khangman jack-tools fluidsynth aconnectgui libindex0 > kanjidic kdeartwork-theme-window xscreensaver-gl-extra beast > ksmiletris tk707 libarts1-audiofile kxsldbg quanta kbattleship > kiconedit kdeadmin kpilot libsigc++0c2 kasteroids seq24 kfouleggs > libkdeedu3 rosegarden-data libcapseo0 libkgantt0 knewsticker ksnake > patchage kiten eyesapplet swami kdat indi kdeedu kdelirc kpercentage > superkaramba kjots kfax ksirtet xserver-xorg-input-synaptics kmines > kdvi kget meterbridge kdebase-runtime-data kgpg jackbeat > alsa-tools-gui konquest kate-plugins kolourpaint kdepimlibs-data > kdeaddons-kfile-plugins xscreensaver-data-extra libarts1-xine > ktuberling kturtle kaudiocreator ktimer liblscp quanta-data kmid > texinfo kteatime kverbos jamin kodo > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Now, this is a long list, and it tells me this EVERY time I use APT for anything. I know a few of these are things that were left over after I purged KDE 4.0.0 from my system, and I'm sure a lot of what's on this list could be removed without me even noticing the difference, but "alsa-tools-gui"? Don't I need that to, like, change volume when I'm not in KDE? And I certainly don't want to get rid of "xscreensaver-gl-extra" and lose my beautiful bouncing cow. Plus, I've always wanted to start up SuperKaramba and see if I actually need it for anything. So my question is ... is there a way to make it stop telling me to remove packages? And if I really do need to remove packages, can I pull up a list to autoremove, but pick which ones I want to keep? Alternatively, maybe there is something I installed (an optional add-on to APT?) that's meant to remove unused packages to maximize my hard drive space. I don't think I want to remove such a function ... simply to make it shut up and have it only offer polite suggestions when I decide to see them. Thanks in advance. ~~~ dave ~~~ -- Have you mooed today?</blockquote><div></div><div>Make sure you have the kubuntu-desktop package installed. Sometimes apt will ask you to remove them all if you don't have kubuntu-desktop installed. </div> -- <a href="http://sonoftheclayr.info/">http://sonoftheclayr.info/</a>