--- Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but i recently ran `apt-get dselect-upgrade` and it seems to have a > memory of > all apps i originally wanted to pull over... is there any way i can
Yes, that was meant to be run *after* you --set-selections! > clear that > list, as i would like to be able to use `apt-get dselect-upgrade` for > other > reasons (namely a script to purge all uninstalled apps) Not easily -- and indeed, I think you need to take another approach to the problem, dselect-upgrade is not the means by which you should go about removing uninstalled apps. If you have yourself in that situation then you've broken your own system. One suggestion I could make to you is an apt-get --reinstall install foo foo+ -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
