Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:02:56 -0700 <mgb-deb...@yosemite.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri March 19 2010 19:14:21 Mike Viau wrote:
> > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:48:02 -0700 <mgb-deb...@yosemite.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri March 19 2010 12:55:47 Mike Viau wrote:
> > > > I was looking for a way to purge or remove all the packages that were
> > > > installed on a Debian system after the initial (bare bone) minimal
> > > > system installation. I have searched on Google for "How to reduce a
> > > > Debian system to a base system" but it seems like the topic of interest
> > > > was to reduce the memory consumption of the installed system, which is
> > > > not my consern.
> > > >
> > > > In essence I would like to revert my system back to a freshly installed
> > > > state, without reinstalling. Ultimatly is this possible?
> > >
> > > Assuming your bare bones --get-selections file is called bbs:
> > >
> > > dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 <(awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}'
> > > <bbs | sort) <(dpkg --get-selections | awk '{if ($2=="install") print
> > > $1}' | sort))
> > >
> > > Remove "--dry-run" at your own peril once you're happy with the proposed
> > > actions.
> > >
> > > You may need to run it a couple or three times but that should do it.
> > >
> > > --Mike Bird
> >
> > My output with the suggestion above.
> >
> >
> > debian:~# dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 <(awk '{if ($2=="install")
> > print $1}' < debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) < (dpkg --get-selections |
> > awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)) bash: command substitution:
> > line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `(' bash: command substitution:
> > line 1: `join -v2 <(awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' <
> > debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) < (dpkg --get-selections | awk '{if
> > ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)' dpkg: --purge needs at least one
> > package name argument
> >
> > Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
> > Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
> > Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
> > Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
> > Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
> > Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)
> > [*].
> >
> > Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
> > `more' ! debian:~#
>
> Your command has a superfluous space between "<" and "(". Works for me
> when the extra space is removed.
>
> --Mike Bird
>
>
> --
You are correct!
Thanks.
-M
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