Kent Tenney schrieb: > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Jim Fulton <j...@zope.com> wrote: >> On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Kent Tenney wrote: >> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> Is there a recommended way to manage Debian system >>> packages with a buildout? >> >> I can't imagine why you would want to. I probably don't know what you're >> asking. > > to get an app to run or compile I do a bunch of > sudo apt-get install xxxx > > This can involve tedious trial and error. > > Maybe I like the app, maybe I don't. > > If I like it, I want a convenient format in which to remember > the required packages, automate their installation, > provide convenience when building machines. > > If I don't like it, I'd like to remove the packages I installed.
if you remove the packages manually, that you did install directly, you can get rid of the dependencies by running apt-get autoremove. afaik there's currently no way to install a package marked for autoremoval by hand. Matthias _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
