Hello. Katipo:
> I am in the process of stripping my system down.....again. > I want at this stage, to get rid of KDE completely. [...] > Does anybody have any good advice as to a successful technique for > this, e.g., is there a recommended remove sequence? Or can anyone > point me to a reference? I'm not sure I answer the question you're asking, but I always `debfoster $package-` to remove $package I no longer want to use. Debfoster works inversly to apt-get; `apt-get install $package` installs all of the $package's dependencies, `debfoster $package-` asks for removal of any packages that exist *solely* to provide dependencies needed by $package. In other words: `apt-get install kde` would install all of the KDE, but `apt-get --purge remove kde` would only remove the kde meta-package, not the KDE as a whole; OTOH, `debfoster kde-` would remove the meta-package and ask, one by one, whether you want to keep all of the packages the meta-package depended on. Of course, after apt-get-installing debfoster and before using it to remove packages, you have to run it once and tell it what packages you want to keep (and you'll probably find you have a lot of orphaned libraries already). Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, | and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom. | -- Herbert Simon `----- ---- --- -- - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
