Re: How to remove all programs related to a particular task in Woody?
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:51:02 -0400
Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> wrote:
> Ananda Murthy R S wrote:
> > How to remove all programs related to a task in Woody? In other
> > words, how to do the reverse operation done by tasksel?
>
> You cannot do this with tasksel, but you can do it with aptitude:
>
> apt-get install aptitude
> aptitude
>
> Then go down to the 'tasks' item, hit enter to expand, pick the
> section your task is in, enter to expand, highlight the task, and
> press '-' to`de-select everything in the task. Press 'u' to finish.
It seems there's just one thing aptitude can't do. Fetch the debian
source packages and their dependencies. Are there any plans to add this?
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