Thomas Adam wrote: > Sam Halliday wrote: > > but i recently ran `apt-get dselect-upgrade` and it seems to have a > > memory of > > all apps i originally wanted to pull over... is there any way i can > > Yes, that was meant to be run *after* you --set-selections!
yeah... i know, but at the time (2 weeks ago) i changed my mind after i ran the command and preferred to use aptitude to generate a new list of installed packages. i kinda thought it would be smart enough to use the current `dpkg --get-selections` list, but apparently it remembers some other information as well. > > clear that > > list, as i would like to be able to use `apt-get dselect-upgrade` for > > other > > reasons (namely a script to purge all uninstalled apps) > > Not easily -- and indeed, I think you need to take another approach to the > problem, dselect-upgrade is not the means by which you should go about > removing uninstalled apps. If you have yourself in that situation then > you've broken your own system. well i could easily use aptitude to purge packages... but since that is a pain if i have more than 5 packages which i uninstalled, i'd prefer to use a scripted approach. it's all too easy to type - instead of _, especially since _ on a packge will only - its dependencies. may i ask how this would suggest that i have a broken system? i fail to see the reasoning. > One suggestion I could make to you is an apt-get --reinstall install foo foo+ what would that achieve? i don't want to reinstall any applications, i just want an easy way to purge the uninstalled package config files to save clutter.
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