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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:02:56 -0700 <mgb-debian@yosemite.net> wrote: > > On Fri March 19 2010 19:14:21 Mike Viau wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:48:02 -0700 <mgb-debian@yosemite.net> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri March 19 2010 12:55:47 Mike Viau wrote: > > > > I was looking for a way to purge or remove all the packages that were > > > > installed on a Debian system after the initial (bare bone) minimal > > > > system installation. I have searched on Google for "How to reduce a > > > > Debian system to a base system" but it seems like the topic of interest > > > > was to reduce the memory consumption of the installed system, which is > > > > not my consern. > > > > > > > > In essence I would like to revert my system back to a freshly installed > > > > state, without reinstalling. Ultimatly is this possible? > > > > > > Assuming your bare bones --get-selections file is called bbs: > > > > > > dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 <(awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' > > > <bbs | sort) <(dpkg --get-selections | awk '{if ($2=="install") print > > > $1}' | sort)) > > > > > > Remove "--dry-run" at your own peril once you're happy with the proposed > > > actions. > > > > > > You may need to run it a couple or three times but that should do it. > > > > > > --Mike Bird > > > > My output with the suggestion above. > > > > > > debian:~# dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 <(awk '{if ($2=="install") > > print $1}' < debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) < (dpkg --get-selections | > > awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)) bash: command substitution: > > line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `(' bash: command substitution: > > line 1: `join -v2 <(awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' < > > debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) < (dpkg --get-selections | awk '{if > > ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)' dpkg: --purge needs at least one > > package name argument > > > > Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; > > Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; > > Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; > > Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; > > Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; > > Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) > > [*]. > > > > Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or > > `more' ! debian:~# > > Your command has a superfluous space between "<" and "(". Works for me > when the extra space is removed. > > --Mike Bird > > > -- You are correct! Thanks. -M Take your contacts everywhere. Try Messenger for mobile |