On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:47:37 -0400 (EDT), Karen wrote in message <pine.bsf.4.64.1206122132390.12...@server1.shellworld.net>:
> but I am working with very limited information, and have more than > enough room on the 30gig hard > drive I am using for all of the packages. ..oh yeah? ;o) root@celsius:~# du -sch /usr /boot/ /bin/ /etc/ /li* /sbin /var/lib 17G /usr 70M /boot/ 7.7M /bin/ 18M /etc/ 461M /lib 3.0M /lib32 4.0K /lib64 17M /sbin 6.2G /var/lib 23G total root@celsius:~# dpkg -l |grep ^ii |wc -l 4350 root@celsius:~# ..aptitude says: "Not Installed Packages (33823)"... ;o) > Then I can choose so that > for my next machine I can install less. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120613194440.52e05...@celsius.lan