On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:38:18PM +0100, Shot wrote: > 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).
Try aptitude. It keep track of packages that are manually/automatically installed. Alternativley, one you get rid of kde-baselibs(?) its gaurenteed nothing of KDE is left... Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
