Re: I have instaledl too many packages

2001-05-04 Thread Bruce Sass
On 4 May 2001, Steve Gran wrote: > Be careful removing things, and if you're not sure and it's not causing a conflict, it may be asiest to leave it alone. "dpkg --purge" will not purge a package that is depended on by other packages - you may inadvertently get rid of a recommended or suggested pa

Re: I have instaledl too many packages

2001-05-04 Thread Bruce Sass
Hello, > hi,all > I am a debian newbie.I have installed too may packages. > I want to use 'dselect' to delete some,but show many errors > I want to use 'apt-get remove filename' but not know exactly the > filename,and there are so many package to remove. > How can I reinstall but keep

Re: I have instaledl too many packages

2001-05-04 Thread Steve Gran
On Mon, 07 May 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The easiest way to find package names is dpkg -l, or pipe it through less: dpkg-l|less. This will give you a list of all installed packages on your system and their current status. Then you can decide which ones to remove. Be careful removing thi

Re: I have instaledl too many packages

2001-05-04 Thread William Leese
On Friday 04 May 2001 19:14, Ben Collins wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:47:39AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > hi,all > > I am a debian newbie.I have installed too may packages. > > I want to use 'dselect' to delete some,but show many errors > > I want to use 'apt-get remove filena

Re: I have instaledl too many packages

2001-05-04 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:47:39AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi,all > I am a debian newbie.I have installed too may packages. > I want to use 'dselect' to delete some,but show many errors > I want to use 'apt-get remove filename' but not know exactly the > filename,and there are so