%% Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> It's probably "emacs19" or "emacs20", or one of the xemacs varieties.
jm> Neither! It's really strange.
>> The simplest way to find out what package a particuler file belongs to
>> is with dpkg -S; try something like:
>>
>> $ dp
Well, for those following the thread, emacs is now gone. I installed
emacs19 and purged it. It was only a 6MB download over a 56k dial-up of a
package that I didn't want, but hey!
Thanks for all your help.
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Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich
== It's VI
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 05:42:28PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> >> why not dpkg -l emacs ?
>
> jm> un emacs (no description available)
>
> It's probably "emacs19" or "emacs20", or one of the xemacs varieties.
Neither! It's really strange.
> The simplest way to find o
Ray rote,
> I know that when 2.2 installs in is emacs19. But of course you know that
> as soon as you remove emacs RMS sends large men to your house to break
>your knees. :) I like emacs but it is big.
Yes, but in the true emacs anti-unix tradtion, they don't stop at doing
one thing well, but i
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 07:22:38PM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 07:51:29AM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
>
> > bash-2.03$ dpkg -S `which emacs`
> > dpkg: /usr/bin/emacs not found.
> >
> > What package do I have to purge?
>
> $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/emacs
> dpkg: /usr/bin/
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 05:22:01PM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> > why not dpkg -l emacs ?
>
> un emacs (no description available)
>
> > or better yet, dselect.
>
> Never thought I'd hear someone say that! :)
>
> I also tried apt-get remove emacs* but it didn't help.
I know that when 2.2 installs in is emacs19. But of course you know that as
soon as you remove emacs RMS sends large men to your house to break your knees.
:) I like emacs but it is big.
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From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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%% Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> why not dpkg -l emacs ?
jm> un emacs (no description available)
It's probably "emacs19" or "emacs20", or one of the xemacs varieties.
The simplest way to find out what package a particuler file belongs to
is with dpkg -
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:02:23AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it
> > > there.
> > > I have no idea how it got there either, and it's probably taking up a
> > > healthy am
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:02:23AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it there.
> > I have no idea how it got there either, and it's probably taking up a
> > healthy amount of disk space. Here's some interesting stats...
> >
> >
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 07:51:29AM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> bash-2.03$ dpkg -S `which emacs`
> dpkg: /usr/bin/emacs not found.
>
> What package do I have to purge? Is there some other obscure tool for
> finding files in packages? Who put it there?
My condolences on emacs. I agree
Jonathan Markevich writes:
> I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it
> there.
Emacs19 is standard priority (erroneously, IMHO).
> What package do I have to purge?
emacs19
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 07:51:29AM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> bash-2.03$ dpkg -S `which emacs`
> dpkg: /usr/bin/emacs not found.
>
> What package do I have to purge?
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/emacs
dpkg: /usr/bin/emacs not found.
$ ls -l /usr/bin/emacs
lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 23
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> I figured that title would get your attention... :)
>
> I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it there.
> I have no idea how it got there either, and it's probably taking up a
> healthy amount of disk space. Here's som
I figured that title would get your attention... :)
I discovered emacs is on my system, and I don't particularly want it there.
I have no idea how it got there either, and it's probably taking up a
healthy amount of disk space. Here's some interesting stats...
bash-2.03$ dpkg -S `which emacs`
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