Gene Heskett wrote on 06/04/16 23:02: > On Saturday 04 June 2016 16:12:30 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> I'm glad it worked for you. >> Now I'm just curious what >> >> aptitude search '~c' >> >> spits out now. >> >> Regards, >> jvp. > > A rather lengthy list I'll paste, wordwrap off again: > > root@coyote:/var/lib/dpkg# aptitude search ~c > c brasero > - CD/DVD burning application for GNOME > > c brasero-common > - Common files for the Brasero CD burning application and library > > c browser-plugin-gnash > - GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and > derivatives
<snip> > c xfdesktop4 > - xfce desktop background, icons and root menu manager > > c xfprint4 > - Printer GUI for Xfce4 > > c xfwm4 > - window manager of the Xfce project > > That's all folks! Thanks JVP. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > All these remnants of previously installed packages can be safely removed from your system in my opinion. If you prefer dpkg, try dpkg --purge --pending Or heavier, using aptitude aptitude purge '~c' but this could try to remove also other automatically installed packages which are not needed by any other package. To get a list of such candidates use aptitude search '~g' "g" like garbage. Regards, jvp.
