pull from the autoremove.

[habtool]

On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 14:43 +0200, Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> On Fri, April 10, 2009 09:46, habtool wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 08:53 +0300, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >> Each time I apt-get somthing, I get this:
> >>
> >>
> >> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> >> required:
> >> xscreensaver-gl openoffice.org-draw ... Use 'apt-get autoremove' to
> >> remove them.
> >>
> >> Ok, I understand.
> >> The problem is 'openoffice.org-draw' and several others are something I
> >> need. How could I pick 'openoffice.org-draw' and some others from that
> >> list and then run 'apt-get autoremove' with just autoremoving the
> >> others?
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >> The fact that some usefull packages are listed in this list prevents me
> >> from running 'apt-get autoremove'.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chef de projet chez Vectoris
> >> Phone: +261 33 11 207 36
> >> System: xUbuntu 8.10 with almost all from package install
> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=mihamina+rakotomandimby
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I may be wrong,
> 
> You are not wrong, you are right.
> 
> > but I think you can just explicitly install the ones you
> > want to keep, dpkg then add adds them as installed by the user and not as a
> > dependency of another program (which this system thinks is now gone and
> > hence the dependency can be autoremoved).
> >
> > So type:
> > sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-draw (and any others you want to keep
> > on the autoremove list)
> >
> > Then try:
> > sudo apt-get autoremove
> >
> > It should then not include the ones you explicitly installed as above.
> 
> You could also install debfoster.
> 
> >From Debian Package Of The Day:
> http://debaday.debian.net/2007/11/11/debfoster-remove-a-package-and-its-dependencies/
> 
> "Debfoster exists to tell you which packages are installed on your machine
> merely as dependencies for other packages. It then gives you the option of
> removing the package and its dependencies. It also remembers your previous
> responses so that it does not ask you about the same packages each time."
> 
> 
> HTH, HAND.
> 

Another nice one is deborphan
sudo apt-get install deborphan

When using debfoster and deborphan, one needs to be a little
knowledgeable, else one can create havoc at times ;)