From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com ([24.93.47.41] helo=ms-smtp-02-eri0.texas.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CDsGg-0003RB-00 for ; Sat, 02 Oct 2004 18:22:18 -0400 Received: from tomass (cs7011286-83.austin.rr.com [70.112.86.83]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i92MLkBE020118 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:21:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from stivers_t by tomass with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CDsG9-0002r5-KM for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 02 Oct 2004 17:21:45 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:21:45 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20041002222145.GA9722@tomass.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20041002215322.GI3905@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041002215322.GI3905@rednote.net> X-Request-PGP: http://tomass.dyndns.org/~stivers_t/pubkey.asc X-Uptime: 1 week 1 day 8 hours 18 minutes 18 seconds User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Thomas Stivers X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Debian Uninstall Question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 02 Oct 2004 22:22:23 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Oct 02 2004 at 05:53:22PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Is there a way to remove a related group of applications with apt? Or do > you have to take them out one at a time and do it in the right order > because of the dependencies? Here is where dependencies can come in handy. If you remove a package like xfree86-common apt will remove all the things that depend on it. It won't work if you just remove x-window-system because it is a virtual package which depends on other packages but is not itself depended on. Chances are if you remove the xfree86-server or x-clients-base you'll take out a lot of what you want to get rid of. > I ask because I have an old Pentium 2 with a fairly small hd, and I need > to take out all the X (except perhaps the Xlibs). The hd is getting full > and this box is too slow for Gnome anyway. Yeah I don't doubt it. Gnome is really a memory/processor hog. > Reply-To: > X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.8-1.541.root > Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) > X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html I think you may have started writing in the middle of your headers. *chuckle* - -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBXyn55JK61UXLur0RAvnGAJ9QR4mqt8sI/CiZBLhs5qZ0SwX/vgCfQgRh bvyGXCqNWuey1VfBGAEqog0= =OCHy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----