On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 11:04:45PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 03:23:19PM EST, Marcus Blumhagen wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:07:32PM +0100, Marcus Blumhagen wrote: > > > This way you would really save time and could even keep your actual > > > software selection without backing up /etc. > > > > Oops, of course it has to be "... without backing up /usr." > > > > Anyway, mostly the other posters already wrote similar suggestions and > > I can only agree with them. Should have read the thread 1st, or am > > I really *that* slow on typing? ;) > > gtypist? :-) > > Thanks to all. > > I have removed a large number of packages -- the best tip was from > someone who suggested removing a kde, I think, library .. that pulled > out a huge number of dependent package .. none of which I need .. and > many of which I didn't even know I had them installed. > > Now I have gotten rid of about 1G of stuff .. but I still think there's > more. > > Is there any way I can have debian help me figure out if there is stuff > that should be removed such as libraries that nothing uses -- naturally > I did not remove a single library myself.
apt-cache show cruft > I ran "deborphan -z" but at a glance it looks like it does not add up to > more than 20-30Meg .. so I might as well leave well alone. There maybe others once you delete something, i.e nothing depends on x; so x is listed in deborphan x depends on y; so if you delete x and nothing else depends on y, then y will now be listed in deborphan. -- Chris. ====== Don't forget to check that your /etc/apt/sources.lst entries point to etch and not testing, otherwise you may end up with a broken system once etch goes stable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
