On 2008-09-18 22:18 +0200, Jack Schneider wrote: > Just noticed that the results of doing [dpkg --get-selections > > Packages] gives me a list which includes-- 194 packages marked for > "deinstall'. What's the best tool to clean this up, and how to do it??
If you want to purge all of them, do the following: # aptitude purge $(dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall$ | cut -f1) If you want to keep the configuration of a few packages, run $ dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall$ | cut -f1 > purge.list $ $EDITOR purge.list [ remove packages whose configuration you want to keep from the list ] [ become root ] # aptitude purge $(cat purge.list) # rm purge.list No warranties, I have only tested the first (with aptitude -s purge). Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
