Re: dependency tree on installed packages
Hello,
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Claudius Hubig <debian_1206@chubig.net> wrote:
> Hello Artifex,
>
> Artifex Maximus <artifexor@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Keith McKenzie <km3952@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Those will get 2 separate lists of installed software names & versions.
>> # dpkg --list | wc -l
>> 2481
>
> Why don’t you use the output of dpkg -l? Also check man 1 dpkg-query.
Thank you. dpkg -l writes out all installed packages but not the
relations between them. I did similar comparison between systems but
seeing the differences in a tree makes this process easier because I
can cut leafs if I know there is related or not to my later
installation. If I compare packages line-by-line without any relation
I do not know that any extra or missing packages is related to other
packages or might "standalone" packages.
I think the continuous upgrade process from the early stage of Wheezy
left some unneeded packages. This is normal as I started early just
want to clean out my system. Maybe I am wrong on base idea but would
like to check and look for some utility to make it easier. I there is
no such utility I will compare line-by-line as last resort.
Bye,
a
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