Re: Removing Unused Programs
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 03:43:20PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> I know most people use Deborphan and Aptitude to remove unused libraries
> and programs, but I'm wondering if there is a way to (For apt-get users)
> remove unused utilities?
>
> By this I mean, if I install progA it asks me to install libA, libB,
> progC, and depenF. Now when I apt-get remove progA, it will just remove
> progA. I would like to remove progC and depenF as well, without removing
> unused libraries (Since libraries don't bother me, and may interfere
> with the programs I've installed from source).
>
> I'm pretty new to the apt system, and I've been using aptitude over apt
> for a long time now but I've decided to use apt and keep libraries on my
> system; But I don't want to keep those annoying programs and
> dependencies (Which usually take up anywhere between 1MB and 30MB for
> certain programs!).
>
Two options:
Use aptitude interactive and mark as manual install the libs that
aptitude wants to remove. Aptitude will tell you what it wants to do
and gives you the chance to modify this.
Or, package the programmes you've installed from source, or make a meta
package, that depends on the packages you want, and install that.
Doug.
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