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Re: removing TexLive Docs packages

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On Wed, Dec 23 2015,Udyant Wig wrote:

> On 12/23/2015 12:15 PM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
>>
>> I installed TexLive recently and during one of the upgrades, the
>> entire texdoc package got installed too.  that is humoungous and I'd
>> like to remove the doc packages alone and also stop future installs of
>> the same type whenever I Upgrade TexLive.
>
>   An appreciable problem.
>
>   # To remove all installed packages with `texlive' and `doc' in their
>   # names:
>   # aptitude remove '~i~ntexlive~ndoc'
>
>   # To prevent these packages from getting installed later:
>   # aptitude hold '~ntexlive~ndoc'

Thanks for that.  I shall try it out and report my progress on the same


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>>  sivaram
>>  --
>
>   Minor note: I do not recall seeing signatures like yours.
>

That's true because I'm using Gnus and I've not got around to
correcting the initial blank in the config file


 sivaram
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removing TexLive Docs packages Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 07:50 +0100
  Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Udyant Wig <udyantw@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 16:00 +0100
    Re: removing TexLive Docs packages The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-23 16:40 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2015-12-23 17:20 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2015-12-23 17:20 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 13:50 +0100
        OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-24 16:00 +0100
          Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Anthony Mapes <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 16:40 +0100
            Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2015-12-26 08:40 +0100
            Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-27 01:00 +0100
            Digital signatures Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-12-27 09:10 +0100
              Re: Digital signatures Anthony Mapes <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 15:10 +0100
                Re: Digital signatures Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-12-27 16:10 +0100
          Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 07:40 +0100
    Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 13:40 +0100
  Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2015-12-23 22:50 +0100
    Re: removing TexLive Docs packages The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-24 03:20 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Udyant Wig <udyantw@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 05:20 +0100

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