On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:27:58 -0500 matt zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 22:04, Tong Sun wrote: > > > > Anybody here is as obsessed as I am for a clean > > system? > > > > Looking at the packages I installed, I know there > > would be lots of them that I will never use. E.g., > > > > kscreensaver ktux xscreensaver kdewallpapers atlantik > > atlantikdesigner gnome-games gnome-games-data katomic > > kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kdegames > > kdegames-card-data kenolaba kfouleggs kgoldrunner > > khangman kjumpingcube klickety kmahjongg kmessedwords > > kolf konquest kpat ksirtet ksmiletris ksokoban > > kspaceduel libgdkcardimage0 libkdegames1 libkpathsea3 > > lskat > > > > I don't want them, but I have to keep them. This to me > > is a huge list. > > > > I used to remove all files in unwanted rpm packages in > > RH, leaving only empty shells in the system. Anybody > > has done similar things in Debian? > > > > are you sure you *need* them? > > if you want to get rid of the packages, you could use "dpkg > --force-dependency <package-name>" if there is some other packages > that want to keep those listed above around. dpkg has all sorts of > different options you can force, see man dpkg. "dpkg --force-dependency --remove-essential libc6" is an especially fun one to use to get rid of clutter. :-) Seriously though, be careful forcing the removal of *anything* unless you're sure you know what depends on it. (Not that Matt was suggesting otherwise. Just the voice of experience talking. :-) Jacob -- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Random .signature #46: Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted before the changes will take effect. Reboot now? [OK]
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