On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Kussh Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there any easy way to get the description of all packages listed in a > file which contains the names of all such packages? > > http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/browse_thread/thread/15f45f7d84ad923c# > eg. > i used > sudo dpkg --get-selections >installed-software > > to make a list of all installed software packages on my system > However I want to remove some of them in batch mode (from the command line) > instead of by using synaptic and deleting them one by one which is a > cumbersome process. So the description of such packages is needed in > another file containing a subset of names of packages likely to be removed. > > How can this be done ? > > Kussh > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > You are not clear. Please explain. One can always delete from command line apt-get remove pk1 pk2 pk3 ......... -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
