On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> wrote: > > If I use: > > # aptitude search ~ainstall > > I get a list of packages that are marked for installation, but are > currently not installed. > > If I pick one of those, and use: > > # aptitude remove <package> > > then the above search, that package is no longer in the list. All good. > > However, if I use: > > # aptitude remove ~ainstall > > That doesn't remove all those packages from the list. Is that a bug? Is > there another way to cancel these planned installations? I think that's > doable with interactive aptitude, but I'd rather stick with the > commandline if I can.
I don't know whether or not it's a bug but this should work: aptitude remove $(aptitude search ~ainstall -F%p) -- 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/CAOdo=swlcpwanisgv6ke5xjwxjmuuoeodphzk1mb_osswvd...@mail.gmail.com
