From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CE55d-00016o-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 08:03:45 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i93C3Lxa009478 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:03:21 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i93C3Kn1009477 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:03:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:03:20 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041003120320.GC9327@rednote.net> References: <20041002215322.GI3905@rednote.net> <20041002222145.GA9722@tomass.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041002222145.GA9722@tomass.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.8-1.541.rootsmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html 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: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:03:50 -0000 Thanks, Thomas. With this advice (and the realization that I had kernel source also on the hd), I've managed to trim things down reasonably well. But, I'm still befuddled a bit. I try: dpkg -l and get a listing of -- what, exactly? I guess I don't understand the help docs on this. There are packages listed there as installed, but running apt-get remove on them says "not installed so not removed." Do I just corrupted tables? What is the canonical way to get a listing of what's actually installed? PS: Hopefully, this time I've left my header intact! Thomas Stivers writes: > -----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*