Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Florian Zieboll via Dng
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:34:34 +0300 Dimitris via Dng wrote: > Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: > > > > The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages > > that are candidates for removal. Even without a desktop environment > > installed the list can

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Dimitris via Dng
Στις 21/4/21 2:53 μ.μ., ο/η Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng έγραψε: The first time around, there will be quite a long list of packages that are candidates for removal. Even without a desktop environment installed the list can be several tens of packages. Look for the "top-level" kind of packages to `

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Florian, Alessandro, Florian Zieboll via Dng writes: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:10:49 +0200 > Alessandro Vesely via Dng wrote: > >> Isn't there a way to remove >> packages not used for more than one year? > > Definitely not an approach for automated package removal, but perhaps a > valid starti

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure unicity. Also, never log in as root. It has been brought to my attention I was wrong: dpkg -S doesn't require privileges and runs fine in userland. Hence,

Re: [DNG] Advice to migrate from Beowulf to Chimaera

2021-04-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng
Hi Bernard, Bernard Rosset via Dng writes: >> find /usr/bin -atime +360 | xargs -l1 apt-file find | sort > > I would suggest dpkg -S instead of apt-file find, which matches prefix, > not exact file. I would also filter on the package name and ensure > unicity. Also, never log in as root. > > Here