On Saturday 04 June 2016 17:49:02 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > 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 > Failed, libpixman1.0 has deps from the xorg.server root@coyote:/var/lib/dpkg# dpkg --purge --pending dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libpixman-1-0:i386: xserver-xorg-video-intel depends on libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.21.6). libpixman-1-dev depends on libpixman-1-0 (= 0.26.0-4+deb7u2). xserver-xorg-core depends on libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.21.6). libcairo2:i386 depends on libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.21.6).
dpkg: error processing libpixman-1-0:i386 (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libpixman-1-0:i386 > Or heavier, using aptitude > > aptitude purge '~c' And that wants to behead the system, removing quite a few packages I use frequently, so I gave it a 'n'. > > 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' And that returns an equally lengthy list, all prefaced with an 'id'. No clue what that means as I don't believe I have the reference manual. > > "g" like garbage. > > Regards, > jvp. Thanks JVP. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
