On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 10:50:01PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages > > that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? > > These days I tend to use aptitude as my standard dpkg/APT front-end. > Current aptitude (possibly only the version in unstable) has a feature > to check this on its own. If you type 'M' into aptitude, the package > on the current line will be marked with an 'A' (and possibly also > marked for removal). That mark means that the package has been > Automatically installed, and so it will automatically get removed if > aptitude notices that no other installed packages depend on it. You > likely want to mark everything in the 'libs' section this way, along > with a number of package in the 'interpreters' section, depending on > how you're using your system. >
Aptitude has, no doubt, come along quite nicely in the last couple of months. I use it on my unstable setup. It boasts tracking packages installed solely to satisfy a dependency as a feature. The user manual has a special section, "Tracking Unused Packages," just for this purpose. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
