Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-13 Thread S.D.A.
On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 08:40:05PM +0100 or thereabouts, Tom Wesley wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with Google: > Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as dependencies > for packages that have since been removed? I use a

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 08:40:05PM +0100, Tom Wesley wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with Google: > Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as dependencies > for packages that have since been removed? > > Cheers, > > -- >

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Travis Crump
Tom Wesley wrote: Hi, Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with Google: Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as dependencies for packages that have since been removed? Cheers, "aptitude markauto '~slibs'" should get most of them though there m

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Olav Lavell
Op zo 12-09-2004, om 21:40 schreef Tom Wesley: > Hi, :) > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with Google: > Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as dependencies > for packages that have since been removed? Take a look at the deborphan uti

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Rob Bochan
On Sunday 12 September 2004 03:40 pm, Tom Wesley wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with > Google: Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as > dependencies for packages that have since been removed? You can ID them by using the d

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Tom Wesley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with > Google: Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed > as dependencies for packages that have since been removed? If you installed the packages using aptitude,

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Tom Wesley
On Sunday 12 September 2004 20:52, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 08:40:05PM +0100, Tom Wesley wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with > > Google: Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as > > dependencies fo

Re: Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 08:40:05PM +0100, Tom Wesley wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with Google: > Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as dependencies > for packages that have since been removed? Just: dpkg --remove l

Remove unrequired dependencies

2004-09-12 Thread Tom Wesley
Hi, Sorry for a probably normal query, but I couldn't find an answer with Google: Is there a simple way to remove packages that were installed as dependencies for packages that have since been removed? Cheers, -- Tom Wesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]