<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> "IIRC does apt-get also remove dependencies. Sometimes some libraries are <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> left. If you have such orphans 'deborphan' is what you want to detect and 'apt-get remove' to get rid of them." </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> That might be great but why use deborphan and then apt-get remove when aptitude does everything for you automagically? Gill On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 00:48 +0200, Jens W. Klein wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> R S Gill wrote: > Aptitude is a far better program I think. This is because when you > uninstall something with aptitude, it actually removes all the > dependencies that were installed with the program. Apt-get and synaptic > do not do this. So if you try out software on regular basis, you run > the risk of having a lot of cruft build up in your system IIRC does apt-get also remove dependencies. Sometimes some libraries are left. If you have such orphans 'deborphan' is what you want to detect and 'apt-get remove' to get rid of them. Jensens -- jens quadrat - agentur für informationsmanagement eduplone EEIG Klein & Partner KEG (Austria) co-founding member <A HREF="http://jensquadrat.com">http://jensquadrat.com</A> <A HREF="http://eduplone.net">http://eduplone.net</A> </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> "From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." -- Thomas Jefferson "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them" -- FDR "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" -- George Orwell </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>