well... aptitude is the way that tasksel installs options, thus should probably be used for at least installing ebox, simply so it can keep a record of which packages were installed. it keeps a database of things it installed. as for synaptic, i have no idea.
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:03 AM, David Meireles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the begining I would prefer aptitude, but since ubuntu 7.04 I started > using apt-get because this last one doesn't seem to forget the unused > packages (aptitude would forget them, at least that's what I've seen in my > experience)and got the need option "autoremove". Also, doesn't the synaptic > package manager uses apt-get insted of aptitude? > > Ter, 2008-05-13 às 09:59 -0700, Paul Bartell escreveu: > > Rather, use aptitude instead of apt-get > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:35 AM, David Meireles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > I ended up removing the eBox components I don't need, in order to have a > > clean system, running and having installed just what I need. I've removed > > mail services, proxy services, traffic shappers, etc... Before aprove the > > machine to go to the production environment, I did a nmap and for my > > surprise, I saw squid and mail (imap, smtp, etc...) ports opened and the > > respective services listening, althrough I had removed them via the eBox > > management interface. Then, I log into the machine (SSH) and did a > "apt-get > > install htop" and the following came up: > > > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > > required: > > libconvert-binhex-perl bind9 libarchive-tar-perl courier-imap > > courier-authlib-ldap sasl2-bin gamin libtree-perl db4.6-util courier-ldap > > clamav libmail-spf-perl unzoo clamav-freshclam tftpd-hpa libsocket6-perl > > libnetaddr-ip-perl clamav-base libconvert-uulib-perl courier-imap-ssl > > postfix-ldap libclamav3 spamassassin libarchive-zip-perl > > libmime-tools-perl > > libgamin0 courier-pop libfile-temp-perl courier-ssl arj libgmp3c2 expect > > libio-stringy-perl courier-base clamav-daemon dhcp3-server openbsd-inetd > > libio-zlib-perl libnet-dns-perl squid-common dansguardian > > libconvert-tnef-perl courier-authlib-userdb courier-authlib > > libnet-server-perl tcl8.4 libmime-perl squid libunix-syslog-perl > > libio-multiplex-perl libnet-cidr-perl libberkeleydb-perl amavisd-new > > libdigest-hmac-perl libversion-perl libesmtp5 libsys-hostname-long-perl > > courier-authdaemon courier-pop-ssl > > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > > > > So, I've got 2 questions: > > > > 1 - Can I do the autoremove without criple my system? If somehow later, I > > have the need to install the services I removed before, would this > packages > > be automaticly installed? > > > > 2 - In the software removal scripts that the internal ebox process uses, > > could you substitute the command "apt-get remove" for "apt-get > autoremove"? > > This way there won't be any lost packages laying around the system, using > > ressources and doing nothing... > > > > Cheerz > > _______________________________________________ > > Ebox-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ebox-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > -- "He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." - 1984 Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: "Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." - Howard Aiken _______________________________________________ Ebox-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.warp.es/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user
