Re: Is there an apt-get install log?
On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 15:40, Jeff wrote:
> Paul E Condon, 2002-Aug-06 12:27 -0700:
> > On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:15:13AM -0700, Jeff wrote:
> >
> > This may not be a good idea. Assume that package1 is the top level
> > package, and packages 2, 3, etc are the ones on which it depends. Keep
> > in mind that other packages that you want to keep may depend on one or
> > another of these packages. Of course no other package will depend on
> > package1, but package8 might be libc6. BAAAD!
> >
> > apt-get should protect you from this, but I wouldn't want to be the
> > person who reports a bug in that part of the code.
>
> I apologize for my lack of a more detailed explanation of how I remove
> packages and their dependancies. I assumed that you would know not to
> try to remove something like libc6, as I do.
>
> Actually what I do is record everything installed with a package I'm
> not sure I'll want to keep so I know which ones to purge. Also, if I
> want to remove something that's been on my system for awhile, I'll do
> the research to track the dependancies and determine which ones I can
> remove without effecting other packages I want to keep.
Isn't that a lot of work, when "apt-get --simulate -u remove blah"
will do the same thing? That's what has always served me fine...
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