Re: aptitude replacing debfoster [limiting the view]

[CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>]

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 02:37:33PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 02:09:16PM +0200, CJ van den Berg wrote:
> >On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 09:03:16AM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> >> Can I somehow limit(l) the package list in aptitude to only show me
> >> packages that
> >> 
> >>  1. are installed, and
> >>  2. aren't installed as a dependency of any other package, and
> >>  3. are dependencies of another installed package?
> >> 
> >> AFAICS this would result in a list of packages that can be safely marked
> >> "automatically installed" without being removed from the system.
> >
> >AFAICT this is what you want:
> >
> ># aptitude search ~i\!~Rdepends:.\!~M
> >
> >/usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s03.html (in aptitude-doc-en) has the
> >full details.
> 
> Not quite. :(
> 
> Limiting the package list to that in aptitude and then pressing 'M' does
> result in the package being scheduled for deletion. With the proper filter
> it should remain installed and be marked as automatically installed.

Ah, I think I understand what you want now.

This should be what you want...

~i~R~i!~M

I hope! ;)

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