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03-11-2004, 05:32 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Sid, OpenBSD 3.5
Posts: 190
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An easy way to remove large program groups?
I accidentally installed KDE (along with X, GNOME, etc.) onto my text server. Whoops. Now, I want to easily remove all of them (and all the programs that depend on them) using apt. I haven't been able to find a way to do this effectively. Anyone have any ideas?
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03-11-2004, 06:14 PM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: New York City
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 97
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dselect is what you are looking for. Enjoy
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03-11-2004, 09:42 PM
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Registered: Feb 2004
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I despise dselect. Try aptitude, it's more recent.
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03-14-2004, 01:25 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Sid, OpenBSD 3.5
Posts: 190
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Thanks. The funniest thing was with aptitude, I tried to remove KDE, and guess what, it installed more kde packages! Hooray!
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03-14-2004, 08:31 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: CT, USA
Distribution: Debian Sarge (server), Etch (work/home)
Posts: 601
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03-14-2004, 09:12 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: VectorLinux; Ubuntu
Posts: 135
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If you don't want anything to do with X Windows, could you run tasksel and remove the entry related to X?
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03-15-2004, 08:17 AM
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Au
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 209
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Try deborphan and debfoster.
One of those should meet your needs and some.
I despise those that despise dselect.
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