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 1HY7lW-0006mb-00 for ; Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:39:10 -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 l31LVFgL001515 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:31:15 -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 l31LYGgW006841 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:34:17 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <002e01c774a6$27815910$6401a8c0@blanchew2fs98i> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000c01c773ba$128732b0$6401a8c0@blanchew2fs98i> <019701c7749b$2494c170$36c09792@mcgee> Subject: Re: couple linux(deb) questions Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:38:56 -0600 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: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:39:10 -0000 Will do, thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 2:20 PM Subject: Re: couple linux(deb) questions > I hate it when people don't answer the question actually asked but based on > this question and the one you asked about finding duplicate files, I'm going > to guess you're trying to free up some disk space. Well, looking for > orphaned libs is probably a waste of time. You'll never free up much space > that way. > > You might be able to do something with the tools for finding orphaned > packages. That would allow you to remove whole apps rather than just the > libs they may use. But even that probably won't get you much. > > If you're running out of space, you should look in your home directories. > Use the du command to see where most of it is going. ie: > > $ du -sh * > > I have a laptop with a 6 Gb drive and it is only 30% full. And I have > apache, mysql, gcc, perl, and a bunch of other tools installed. I've always > just installed anything I wanted. Never had any problems with disk space. > The only thing is I don't have X installed. But even so, your os just > doesn't take up that much space. And the libs are only a small part of the > os. I would forget about looking to free up space by removing libs. You're > more likely to trash something important than you are to free up > significant space. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Littlefield, Tyler" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 12:28 PM > Subject: couple linux(deb) questions > > > > Hello list, > > I've got a couple questions. > > 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. > > 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. > > Thanks, > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup