Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24:50AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY > remove .deb installed libs. I have several non-debian apps that I use > and do NOT want to r

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:24:52 -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I am aware that this is not usually considered a good practice. However > debian as vast as it is does not provide software that meets all my > needs. I therefore sometimes either " " or use pre-compiled > binaries that are designed to be

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread John Hasler
There is nothing wrong with installing non-Debian packages as long as they install in /usr/local or /opt and so stay out of the way of the package-management system. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:24:52AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 01:57 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24:50AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > > > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > > > gtkorphan and deborphan for this

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:43:53AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > John W. Foster writes: > > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > > gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY > > remove .deb installed libs? > > They will only remove files in

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
John W Foster wrote: > They install somes libs each time they are upgraded or installed. > My question is more specifically about the capabilities of GTKOrphan and > deborphan: Do these apps ONLY find orphaned libs from debian packages or > do they somehow locate libs that are NOT a dependency of

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread John W Foster
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 01:57 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24:50AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > > gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY > > remove .deb installed libs. I h

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24:50AM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY > remove .deb installed libs. I have several non-debian apps that I use > and do NOT want to r

Re: Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread John Hasler
John W. Foster writes: > I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the > gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY > remove .deb installed libs? They will only remove files installed by the package management system. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUB

Orphaned packages & libs removal question

2009-02-15 Thread John W Foster
I want to clean up my system as best I can. I have installed the gtkorphan and deborphan for this purpose. My question is will these ONLY remove .deb installed libs. I have several non-debian apps that I use and do NOT want to remove libs that they require. Any suggestions?? Thanks! -- John W. Fos