On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:01:42 +0530 arijit sarkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:07 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > ---- cut ----- > > > > My rule of thumb for this kind of questions is that "if the package's name > > does not ring a bell, you dont need it". The beauty of Debian is that, > > installing it at a later time (if you find that necessary) is a breeze. It > > might not be the case if you are running sid though! But if you are running > > sid, I assume you know what you are doing... > > > My rule of thumb: > 1. install 'deborphan' package. > 2. run it. > 3. you can safely remove the packages listed by deborphan. > > It never let me down. I'm not sure deborphan would work as well for a programmer who installs development libraries as it does for a non-programmer. IIUC, deborphan (in its default operation) assumes that all libraries that don't have any dependencies can be removed, but a programmer may have installed them intentionally. [The OP mentioned that he's a programmer doing development.] > Arijit Sarkar > Kolkata, India Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
