I used to :/usr/lib$ ls -1 | sort
and used eyes to pick up these packages to purge. On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Comer Duncan <comer.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a situation in which I am running wheezy 7.7 and for various reasons > now want to purge all packages which for some reason are still present from > etch, lenny, and squeeze. What I would like to know is how can I purge all > such packages using dpkg? I can not seem to find how to select just those > old packages for purging. Can those who know about this please help? > > Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAG9cJmmuOQnwpTqgqB=soYm4-yfvEe=wsrk7iipz75rrtpy...@mail.gmail.com