From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66.69-93-35.reverse.theplanet.com ([69.93.35.66] helo=server1.sidns.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CDsR0-0003Zc-00 for ; Sat, 02 Oct 2004 18:32:58 -0400 Received: from dsl-202-173-132-131.nsw.westnet.com.au ([202.173.132.131] helo=themuso.com) by server1.sidns.com with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1CDsQr-0005S4-6h for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 02 Oct 2004 22:32:51 +0000 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:30:34 +1000 From: Luke Yelavich To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041002223034.GA3208@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> References: <20041002215322.GI3905@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041002215322.GI3905@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: themuso X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server1.sidns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - themuso.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: 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 22:33:03 -0000 On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 07:53:22AM EST, 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? I think it depends on what is in the group of packages you want removed, perhaps meta packages would be useful in this case, depending on version, I guess. > 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. I think you can simply remove x-window-system and gnome-desktop-environment to remove the respective sets of packages, however I am not sure whether that would remove everything, and there is also a chance it will remove packages that you still might need for other things. Luke