From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nsfone.fone.net ([206.168.68.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HXiRT-000738-00 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:36:47 -0400 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l2VISrda015987 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:28:54 -0600 (MDT) Received: from blanchew2fs98i (ip-206-123-194-16.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.16]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id l2VIVrwU017510 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:31:54 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <001801c773c3$81348bf0$6401a8c0@blanchew2fs98i> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000c01c773ba$128732b0$6401a8c0@blanchew2fs98i> <20070331183134.GB3267@cm.nu> Subject: Re: couple linux(deb) questions Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:36:31 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:36:47 -0000 will do, and I'm using ssh, so can't use aptitude THX, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 11:31 AM Subject: Re: couple linux(deb) questions > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:28:54AM -0700, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > > First, is there a way to find out what libs are installed, but aren't being depended on? I know I have extra packages, and don't want to keep them if I don't meed them, e.g libraries mainly. > > Have a look at the deborphan package. Also, if you use > aptitude to install packages and it pulls in libs, aptitude > tracks that and removes the libs when they are no longer > needed unlike apt-get. > > > Second, is there a way to get all my manpages installed? I used to be able to do man cfunction, and I could see something, now I don't get anything. I believe I'm missing a package, just not sure which. > > The libc and syscall functions are in manpages-dev package, > lots of other stuff in manpages. > > Hth, > Shane > > -- > http://www.cm.nu/~shane/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup