RE: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-07-17 Thread Tony Heal
l Pace Systems Group, Inc. 800-624-5999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Zach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:05 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: help with "apt-get purge" > > On 6/23/07, Christ

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Zach wrote: > Christopher Nelson wrote: > >To see for yourself, try it on any "-data" package. > > That's true but I like controlling exactly what is purged and I prefer > CLI over GUI. apt-get is a CLI. Try 'apt-get remove --purge somepackage'. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-23 Thread Zach
On 6/23/07, Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem with this solution being that you have to work out dependancy chains by yourself, where an apt-get/aptitude purge will work them out for you. To see for yourself, try it on any "-data" package. That's true but I like contro

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-23 Thread Christopher Nelson
On 2007-06-23, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [rearranging for legibility] > On 6/22/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 6/21/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi. >> > >> > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: >> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-22 Thread Zach
also you can always do: dpkg --purge zach On 6/22/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/21/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > > that "apt-ge

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 6/21/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi. Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation. Dunno if you didn't see it but the

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation. Dunno if you didn’t see it but the last mail in this report says that the patch providing t

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 21 June 2007 15:55, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation. > > -- > my place on the web: > floss-and-misc.blogspot.com I think

help with "apt-get purge"

2007-06-21 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an invalid operation. -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr