Ray Kohler wrote: > Is there a way to automatically remove all dependencies of a package > (that aren't otherwise needed)? If I install a big package with dozens > of dependencies and I decide I don't want it, I don't like to root out > all of its dependencies by hand. I could do this on FreeBSD using > 'pkg_delete -R'. Any equivalent here?
Install the big package with aptitude (command line or gui), remove it with aptitude (command line or gui). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>sudo aptitude remove mozilla-browser Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information... Done The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: libgnome-vfs0 libnspr4 libnss3 The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: galeon galeon-common mozilla mozilla-mailnews mozilla-psm The following packages will be REMOVED: galeon galeon-common mozilla mozilla-browser mozilla-mailnews mozilla-psm 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 9 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 42.5MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/e/d/v/action/?] -- see shy jo
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