Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Csányi Pál wrote: > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? Try 'orphaner'. sudo orphaner Or sudo orphaner --purge Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-18 Thread - Tong -
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:45:01 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: >> I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. >> It automatically delete orphaned packages. Yep, second to that, aptitude alone can do the job quite well.

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-17 Thread Sven Joachim
"Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 08/16/2007 05:45 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: >>> I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package >>> manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. >> >> What if I'm still using t

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/16/2007 05:45 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just because i

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: > I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. > It automatically delete orphaned packages. What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just because it's not being maintained is no reason to dele

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Wei Wang
I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. Regards On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:19 +0200, Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! > > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the ap

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread dulev
> > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > > One line/instruction with "debfoster". > "apt-get autoremove" also does some interesting things. But not in the Etch with apt version 0.6.. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:19 +0200, Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! Hi, > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: One line/instruction with "debfoster". "apt-get autoremove" also does some interesting things. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Johannes Tax
Hello, On [Thu, 16.08.2007 08:19], Csányi Pál wrote: > I try: > sudo deborphan | aptitude purge dpkg --purge `deborphan` executed as root will do the job. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread Sven Joachim
Csányi Pál <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude. > > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? > > man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows an

Re: Using deborphan

2007-08-16 Thread wimpunk
Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! > > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude. > > Is there an automated way to do this task out there? > > man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows any sugge