From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gsazflgm01.wr.usgs.gov ([130.118.164.152]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CEXfT-0007Ew-00 for ; Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:34:39 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.12 February 13, 2003 From: "Sean M McMahon" Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:33:58 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on gsazflgm01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(5012HF382 | September 10, 2003) at 10/04/2004 11:34:40 AM, Serialize complete at 10/04/2004 11:34:40 AM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:34:45 -0000 Those things are not installed, not removed, but configured. apt with the --purge option removes them completely. Janina Sajka Sent by: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 10/03/2004 05:03 AM Please respond to "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." cc: Subject: Re: Debian Uninstall Question 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* _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup