On 1/18/07, Michael Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 09:31:24AM -0500, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > - does it work with source packages > > > > No. Fink's build system is completely different than Debian's and our > > apt doesn't handle sources. > > > > > and, if not, is there a fink equivalent? > > > > In what sense? When you remove a package, it's assumed to be in > > binary form and therefore subject to dpkg/apt. The "fink" command > > handles installation. > > What I'm really after is a tool that I can use that will keep track of > the dependencies installed when I install something from source, and > remove them if I uninstall it, provided they're no longer depended on by > anything else. This is what aptitude does on Debian/Ubuntu and, as you > say, binary fink. > > For example, from a fresh fink source installation, if one does "fink > install matplotlib-py24", there are several dozen dependencies. If you > later uninstall matplotlib-py24, is it entirely up to you to work out > which packages were installed at the same time, and which can safely be > removed? > > -- Mike >
As I said, in your installation of matplotlib-py24, you've generated binaries of it and its dependencies, and so you should be able to use aptitude or debfoster or deborphan to handle the orphaned packages. Source vs. binary is really only an issue before installation--afterward all the packages are tracked by dpkg. -- Alexander K. Hansen (akh) Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
