[plug] Debian Package Management

[Peter F Bradshaw]

Hi;

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Onno Benschop wrote:

> So, how are you supposed to deal with the following scenario:
>
>     apt-get install a
>     => a requires b and c, so they get installed
>
>     apt-get --purge remove a
>     => a gets removed, but b and c are still lying around
>
>
>
> Or:
>
>     apt-get install a
>     => a requires b and c, so they get installed
>
>     apt-get install d
>     => d requires b, which is already installed
>
>     apt-get --purge remove a
>     => a gets removed, but c is still lying around
>
>     apt-get --purge remove d
>     => d gets removed, but b is still lying around and was installed
>     because of a, not d
>
>
>
> How do you keep sane and not have all this stuff lying around?
>

I find that aptitude does a reasonable job in this regard most of the
time. For instance 'aptitude upgrade' will probably find some unused
packages and remove them.

>
>
>

Cheers

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