On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 06:18:41PM +0100, andy wrote: > Hi all > > Even though it is now approaching fall/autumn (in the northern hemisphere > anyway), I am wanting to do some spring cleaning of my hard drive. In my > enthusiasm for Debian's apt-get I have gorged myself on a load of packages > that I probably don't need. One example is multiple language versions of > OOo, but there are likely others too. > > Can someone recommend a newbie-friendly easy, and safe way of cleaning > house so that I can retain those packages that I need (and want) but can > clear out the dust bunnies, etc..?
I do my housekeeping in aptitude interactive mode, with a flat package list (this is my default, but you can get one from the menu) where I mark everything as auto-installed (press M) that I don't specifically want. It might take a while, but aptitude will then remove all unnecessary stuff. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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