Fwd: apt-unget
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Christopherson" <rakko@charter.net>
To: <debian-kde@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Getting started with KDE today Dec. 15, 2001
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 10:12:16AM -0800, lloyder@canada.com wrote:
> > How do I clean up all the kde packages that are
> > currently installed?
> > # apt-get remove kdebase
> > -> looks like it is trying to install the crypto pkg still
> > # dpkg --purge kdelibs3
> > -> complains about the dependencies. I was hoping that
> > it would clean up all the packages dependent on it.
>
> Not sure about the rest of your questions, but you can use apt-get to remove
> a package, and it removes those packages depending on it too. Type:
>
> apt-get remove pkgname
> or
> apt-get --purge remove pkgname (to purge the old config files)
>
> > Can I force debian to grab a particular version of the
> > pkgs?
>
> I know that has to do with /etc/apt/preferences, but I don't remember
> offhand what the syntax is. Anyone?
Wondering if debian-users can help me out. Contrary to what
Eric suggests neither
> apt-get remove pkgname
> or
> apt-get --purge remove pkgname (to purge the old config files)
removes the packages if there are dependencies. Is there a way
to have apt or another tool take care of that?
Best regards,
Lloyd
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