> If you show those packages (e.g., with "aptitude show", do they show >as being automatically installed?
Yes: tucano:/tmp# dpkg --purge glpk (Reading database ... 342694 files and directories currently installed.) Removing glpk ... tucano:/tmp# dpkg --purge libglpk-dev (Reading database ... 342685 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libglpk-dev ... tucano:/tmp# aptitude install bash Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: glpk-doc{u} glpk-utils{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 1892kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. tucano:/tmp# aptitude unmarkauto glpk-doc glpk-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: glpk-doc{u} glpk-utils{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 1892kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. tucano:/tmp# aptitude show glpk-doc glpk-utils Package: glpk-doc New: yes State: not installed Automatically installed: yes Version: 4.29-2 Priority: optional Section: doc Maintainer: Debian Scientific Computation Team <pkg-scicomp-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Uncompressed Size: 508k Conflicts: glpk (< 4.15) Description: linear programming kit - documentation files GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) is intended for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems. It is a set of routines written in ANSI C and organized in the form of a callable library. This package contains the C API reference manual and the GNU MathProg modeling language manual. Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html Package: glpk-utils New: yes State: not installed Automatically installed: yes Version: 4.29-2 Priority: optional Section: math Maintainer: Debian Scientific Computation Team <pkg-scicomp-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Uncompressed Size: 360k Depends: libglpk0 (= 4.29-2), libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libgmp3c2, libltdl3 (>= 1.5.2-2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Conflicts: glpk (< 4.15) Description: linear programming kit - documentation files GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) is intended for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems. It is a set of routines written in ANSI C and organized in the form of a callable library. This package contains the following stand-alone tools: * glpsol: LP/MIP solver * tspsol: TSP solver Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html -- Francesco Potortì (ricercatore) Voice: +39 050 315 3058 (op.2111) ISTI - Area della ricerca CNR Fax: +39 050 315 2040 via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa Email: poto...@isti.cnr.it (entrance 20, 1st floor, room C71) Web: http://fly.isti.cnr.it/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org