Jeff Waugh wrote:
On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 17:17 +1000, James Polley wrote: "apt-get remove $PACKAGENAME" doesn't work for you?
The above won't remove a package if there are dependencies.
Jeff and Ken said:
apt-get autoremoveYou can also do autoremove in place of remove, to do it all at once. :-)
That option is not listed in man dpkg or man apt-get. 'apt-get autoremove test' Invalid operation autoremove I'm using dpkg as I can cat a list of files into it. Mike -- Michael Lake Computational Research Centre of Expertise Science Faculty, UTS Ph: 9514 2238 -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
