On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Kussh Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> One can always delete from command line >> apt-get remove pk1 pk2 pk3 ......... >> >> To use apt-get remove in batch mode, I would like to see the DESCRIPTION > of each package already installed. Once i have the description of the > packages > , i would give apt-get remove the names of the packages to be > deleted/uninstalled. > > > > Right now using synaptic i have to manually see the description of each > installed package one by one. This involves multiple keyboard and mouse > entries. > > There is already a text file called installed-software.txt which has a list > of packages already installed. i want to pass the names of the packages in > this file to apt-get so that i get the description of the packages in > another text file. Then i can pick and choose packages as needed by me and > uninstall the rest via a single command. Using command line interface is > much faster and simpler than using synaptic for big tasks. > > Thanks for your help. > > > Kussh > you need to write some scripting too. But this will help http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
