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Re: kde package dependencies broken (kde relies on everything?)



On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:22:42PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:38:34PM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> > How would one -uninstall- KDE in one fell swoop? Surely, you don't have to 
> > apt-get remove each package?
> 
> Easiest way is to either run debfoster, or purge Qt and then clean up
> with deborphan -Pa
> 
> Also, kinda wondering why the default action of apt-get remove is to
> simply uninstall, and not purge, which would blow away the cruft left
> behind by local config...

Also, if he'd used aptitude to manage his packages (either the curses
interface, or the apt-get-clone CLI) then just removing the 'kde'
metapackage would clear it all out for him.

-- 
Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>				http://ertius.org/

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