On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:44:56 +0200 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2008-09-18 22:34 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Thu,18.Sep.08, 15:18:37, Jack Schneider wrote: > >> > >> Hi, all > >> > >> 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?? > > > > Don't ever ask what the "best" method is, there are just too many > > of them. Here's the first I can think of: > > > > grep -v deinstall file > new_file > > This gives a list without these packages, but I assume that Jack's > goal is to get rid of (= purge) the packages themselves. > > Sven > > Hi, all Thanks for all the guides. Andrei, deliberately done. I read this list.. Sven has the key.. My / partition is growing beyond 80% 0f 10 Gig, so I thought there may be some junk in there, /home /var /tmp are on separate partitions..& OK This machine is a noob's (me) upgrade from i386 etch to lenny -AMD64 -update over the past year. I'll re-read responses and choose... Thanks.. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
