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- From my dealings with Meta Packages in the past: On 07/28/2015 09:22 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Ole Streicher (2015-07-28 16:33:17) >> Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> writes: >>> Installation of a package from the 'metapackages' section does *not* >>> mark its dependencies as automatically installed. >> >> Really? So, if someone would install a metapackage (for a test), and >> then later uninstall it, its dependencies will remain on the system? Removing the meta-package itself does not ( in most cases ) remove the packages installed by the meta. It simply removes the meta-package itsel f. apt-cache depends, deborphan, autoremove and --purge are useful when removing residuals from previously installed, and no longer needed, meta packages. It's annoying that meta-packages do not remove what is installed the same as it performs the installation if there are no deps elsewhere. You could also experiment with: aptitude unmarkauto '?reverse-depends(PACKAG-NAME)' but I typically just use deborphen and autoremove, or grab the packages from the control file and remove manually, which is a Pain. > > That is my experience, yes. Seems specific to metapackages, so I > suspect there is some APT wizardry going on, treating those specially. > > Also, even for non-metapackages, if some other package just _suggest_ > the package you pull in via depends/recommends, they stick as well. Again, if the package does not have a dependency elsewhere, autoremove "should" catch it and subsequently remove them. > > > Both of above was not the case a few years ago... > > >> Is there any simple way to remove them? > > Not that I know of - would love to learn how! > > > - Jonas best regards, Greg - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Hams..: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-hamradio/ Ubuntu Hams..: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel Launchpad....: https://launchpad.net/~ki7mt JTSDK........: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtsdk/ OpenPGP......: C177 6630 7115 78FE 9A2B 9F7F 18C0 F6B7 0DA2 F991 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVt6OlAAoJEBjA9rcNovmRhocP/3mReNuUkjqF9suXJn4+o3oM o3OyrDvLV/8DFDfgQHQOGcTA2Jca+t9xezashrWmyTIaWjEGDTKLt46oQ/XaWGEe KIfHCAjVTtTGvRbPoQBtlp8rSxIAA9dulNcr1MbmRNYzEkHt6YdASdC6IuJyWYbJ 0cYHVhPGSp+L48yiIx+ZCCOfi7/M8ZGdENmqV2QduoVCgRTqBPLbrD2BsLqOGAsY 2bOsUNwIdGN1KSZw8ksF8EfDZfqN5ptoIekH31TS1bMballcLdZPZ1jJbc0D83Pk eiRK13M5Ge4wWsYcDy5nv0QpfB7+DTiZlYgdwUsWjWKukvRmrl7A9S/t2wmJ2mvk 2tYapR+pRndRHcP/DKKJsMM5vj+7LI8VhIt1ERrc5rvH0uabqUT6jPH61QC4zgSA 7fdq3TRsSaeIGtd0xETl7T2dhfGQO+24WbHlrLXiQGcwQg7dEF9vRemDDlskG5Hb HuGAjCZFzP4J8Z5BbJosjeq0yByDOFFR6z5nhpZuUuzJ39APDwtIpp0ZtDQpyPkH 0gqjUBXVK8peChs2FV/spghAG96aulkfZAzChmNYZURz7hvQAGSYhFnYgbi9tHgf uKbCHltENXngzouP+yd6YmrgO+vVaX9VwB4YU2BjQlkkGWbB/kyJM+eDdoU2z02d zboijEYt5w4YSfrYGRCN =9bG0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55b7a3a5.2010...@yahoo.com
