From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CEGSG-0006jE-00 for ; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 20:11:52 -0400 Received: (qmail 17745 invoked by uid 0); 4 Oct 2004 00:11:53 -0000 Received: from user-69-1-42-78.knology.net (HELO localhost) (69.1.42.78) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 4 Oct 2004 00:11:53 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CEGRg-00009l-2S for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:11:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:11:16 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041004001115.GB31625@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20041002215322.GI3905@rednote.net> <20041003155448.GA10560@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041003155448.GA10560@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: removing X packages was 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: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:11:57 -0000 Hi. If you use aptitude, it will go much faster. Since aptitude groups packages by catagory, you can find all the X packages easily. Hope this helps. Kenny On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 11:54:48AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Thanks, Cheryl. That got me another package. > > I guess I'm finding out there's no way other than to dribble them off > one at a time--or maybe a dozen at a time. I suspect there are quite a > few more there, though. > > Oh well. At least the hd isn't starved for meaningful updates at this > point. So the emergency has gone out of the issue at least.