Re: removing all packages from a certain source
Greg Fischer <gfischer4@mediaone.net> writes:
GF> I installed some 3rd party packages onto my Sid system with apt-get,
GF> making the necessary entry into sources.list. I would like to remove
GF> all of them. Is there any simple way to do this, or do I have to remove
GF> them one by one?
If I wanted to do that sort of thing, I'd
(1) Remove the source from /etc/apt/sources.list;
(2) Run 'apt-get update';
(3) Start aptitude (or dselect) and look for obsolete packages, which
have their own category, and remove them.
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