On Friday 30 April 2010 19:14:51 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Friday 30 April 2010 12:39:36 Lisi wrote: > > On Friday 30 April 2010 16:44:52 Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > > The "A" means that it was installed automatically due to a dependency, > > > so if all packages depending on it are uninstalled, it will > > > automatically be removed as well. > > > > Thanks! I had realised that "i" meant installed, but as large numbers of > > dependencies get installed automatically as far as I am concerned, I > > hadn't managed to work out that some of them got marked! Very few things > > seem actually to acquire the "A". > > On my little VM I have 294 packages installed, 277 marked as automatically > installed. > > I find that the more packages are automatically installed, the easier > upgrades are, since aptitude seems more willing to preform a library > transition on a "automatically installed" package. > > I try to only keep packages I know I am using un-marked.
Boyd - If I live to be a hundred, I just _might_ achieve your level of knowledge and competence. Meanwhile, I don't even attempt to emulate you. I just read and hope to understand you! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004302208.34320.lisi.re...@gmail.com
