Re: I have instaledl too many packages
On 4 May 2001, Steve Gran wrote:
> Be careful removing things, and if
you're not sure and it's not causing a conflict, it may be asiest to
leave it alone.
"dpkg --purge" will not purge a package that is depended on by
other packages - you may inadvertently get rid of a recommended or
suggested package you didn't realize you wanted though.
> If you're getting particular file conflicts, and you
don't know what package that file comes from, you can go to the
debian website, and do a search on the packages page - the second
search engine on the page is for doing exactly that.
And if the package is installed... dpkg -S <path>
- Bruce
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