On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 07:23:27AM +0100, andy wrote: > Dear all > > As a Debian n00b I enthusiastically gorged myself on the wonders and > ease of apt-get. Now, having recovered from my initial over-indulgence, > like one considers one's post-festive waistline, I am wanting to figure > out a way to rid myself of packages that I don't use, orphan files, and > other random bits of software detritus. > > I am running an Etch -> Lenny, and have deborphan installed. I am very > wary of just launching into it though because it seemed to call up a lot > of files and I don't - obviously - want to break anything. > > Can someone point me in the direction of some guides/pointers that are > current and reliable, or even share some personal experiences of > trimming down the "fat". > > Many thanks for any help.
apt-get --purge remove gnome apt-get --purge remove kde apt-get install fvwm Also go through the /var/lib/dpkg/info/ directory checking each package to see if you need it. e.g less /var/lib/dpkg/info/a<tab><tab> apt-cache show a<whatever> etc. dpkg --purge a<whatever> if you don't want it. apt-cache rdepends a<whatever> to see what packages depend on a<whatever> apt-cache show cruft apt-cache show localepurge Try "palming" off jobs to other computers. i.e setup a lan and say, have postgreSQL on one computer, an IMAP server on another etc. "dpkg -L <whatever> | less" will show you what files are installed (just lists the <whatever>.list file) and hence you may want to delete certain pdf txt.gz files, possibly printing them out first. HTH -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
