On Ma, 06 aug 13, 18:15:37, Dom wrote:
> On 06/08/13 17:26, Kyle Kuhn wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I wasn't sure where to start so I started here.
> >
> >I am developing my own Distro of Linux, and I am using Debian as a base.
> >I am trying to remove all programs dependent on the X11-Common package
> >without actually removing the X11-Common package. I am using the most
> >recent Debian LTS. Is there a way APT can do this, or will I have to remove
> >the x11-common package, then "#apt-get autoremove" and reinstall x11-common?
>
> You could use "apt-cache rdepends x11-common" to find all packages
> that directly depend on x11-common, remove those which will take out
> any packages that depend on them too and see what autoremove will
> show as left.
Aptitude can do stuff like that in one shot. From memory (please do
check the reference manual first) it should be something like:
aptitude remove '?depends(x11-common)'
Kind regards,
Andrei
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