removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Jon Doe
Hello all, I've read the available documentation pretty thoroughly and still cannot find the answer to this. How do I remove packages that were installed with another package using apt-get or dselect? For example, say I want to install mozilla but later decide that I don't want it anymore. How do

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Yap Seng Hooi
I think it is: #apt-get remove package_name - Original Message - From: Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:05 PM Subject: removing software with apt-get or dselect Hello all, I've read the available documentation pretty thoroughly and still

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread SYNeR
apt-get --purge remove package Will remove the package it's configurations.. - Original Message - From: Yap Seng Hooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect I think

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Yap Seng Hooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think it is: #apt-get remove package_name That won't do it. That just removes the package (package_name) itself not all the other packages that were installed with it. Bijan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I've read the available documentation pretty thoroughly and still cannot find the answer to this. How do I remove packages that were installed with another package using apt-get or dselect? For example, say I want to install mozilla but later

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Bijan Soleymani
SYNeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: apt-get --purge remove package That won't do it. That removes all the files installed by the package. But it doesn't remove the other packages that were installed at the same time, because they were required by the package. Bijan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:05:54PM -0700, Jon Doe wrote: How do I remove packages that were installed with another package using apt-get or dselect? For example, say I want to install mozilla but later decide that I don't want it anymore. How do I automatically remove all the packages that

Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect

2003-06-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:05:54PM -0700, Jon Doe wrote: Hello all, I've read the available documentation pretty thoroughly and still cannot find the answer to this. How do I remove packages that were installed with another package using apt-get or dselect? For example, say I want to