On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Felipe Figueiredo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philsf79@gmail.com">philsf79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 13:07 +0100, Robert Entner wrote:<br>
<br>
> I could also think about something like:<br>
> apt-get remove <everything-but-ubuntu-desktop><br>
><br>
> Or is this already possible somehow?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>You can do this easilly with aptitude's TUI. Open<br>
<br>
sudo aptitude<br>
<br>
and navigate in the menu interface to the Installed Packages line. Than<br>
issue the command key<br>
<br>
M<br>
<br>
so it will mark ALL installed packages as being automatically installed.<br>
This will auto select *evertything* as unneeded and for removal. Then<br>
search for ubuntu-desktop, and unmark it as auto installed with<br>
<br>
m<br>
<br>
This will keep it installed, as well as it's dependecies, and<br>
recommendencies.<br>
<br>
Then, to commit, use<br>
<br>
g<br>
<br>
once for the summary of changes, and another time for confirmation.<br>
<br>
regards<br>
<font color="#888888">FF<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>This seems to be exactly what I wanted. Especially you see then which packages will be removed and can go back and unmark needed applications. (This is an assumption as I can only try it when I am back home.)<br>
<br>Thank you very much,<br>Burt<br><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.entner.net">http://www.entner.net</a> <br></div></div>