On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 05:01:08PM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: > On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:21:04AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: deborphan > >Mail-Followup-To: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 03:34:10PM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: > >>can I remove merely this packages ? > >That depends. Do you use any of them? > it is why I asked advices, by example: > if I remove libc6-i386 and after that I install a package x.deb which > needs it, will libc6-i386 be reinstalled as dependency of the package > x.deb ? > If a package depends on it, deborphan won't show it. Perhaps I was a bit too terse in my reply. Basically, you need to know if *you* have compile any software yourself that makes use of those libraries. If you have, then don't remove them. If you only have Debian packages on your system (no self-compiled software), then you are good to go.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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