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Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED]

From Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED]
Date 2016-06-04 23:50 +0200
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Gene Heskett wrote on 06/04/16 23:02:
> On Saturday 04 June 2016 16:12:30 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> 
>> I'm glad it worked for you.
>> Now I'm just curious what
>>
>>   aptitude search '~c'
>>
>> spits out now.
>>
>> Regards,
>> jvp.
> 
> A rather lengthy list I'll paste, wordwrap off again:
> 
> root@coyote:/var/lib/dpkg# aptitude search ~c
> c   brasero                                                                           - CD/DVD burning application for GNOME                                                        
> c   brasero-common                                                                    - Common files for the Brasero CD burning application and library                             
> c   browser-plugin-gnash                                                              - GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and derivatives                       

<snip>

> c   xfdesktop4                                                                        - xfce desktop background, icons and root menu manager                                        
> c   xfprint4                                                                          - Printer GUI for Xfce4                                                                       
> c   xfwm4                                                                             - window manager of the Xfce project 
> 
> That's all folks!  Thanks JVP.
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> 
All these remnants of previously installed packages can be safely removed from
your system in my opinion.
If you prefer dpkg, try

  dpkg --purge --pending

Or heavier, using aptitude

  aptitude purge '~c'

but this could try to remove also other automatically installed packages which
are not needed by any other package. To get a list of such candidates use

  aptitude search '~g'

"g" like garbage.

Regards,
jvp.

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Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-03 13:20 +0200
  Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-03 20:10 +0200
    Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-03 20:20 +0200
      Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-03 22:30 +0200
    Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-03 22:30 +0200
      Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-04 02:10 +0200
        Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-04 03:00 +0200
          Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-04 12:00 +0200
            Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-04 16:50 +0200
              Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 17:20 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-04 18:00 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-04 20:10 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 00:00 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-05 04:00 +0200
              Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-04 18:10 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-04 21:00 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages [SOLVED] Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-04 22:20 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-04 23:10 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages [SOLVED] Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-04 23:50 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-05 03:20 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining  :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 04:30 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 12:40 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages [SOLVED] Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-05 16:30 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-05 16:50 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages [SOLVED] Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-05 19:10 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages [SOLVED] Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-06-05 22:00 +0200
                Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64  built packages [SOLVED] Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-05 22:20 +0200

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