| Wyzard | cld2: If you're not using aptitude already, then none of your installed packages will have the "was installed automatically to satisfy dependencies" flag, so it won't automatically remove any of them |
| dondelelcaro | cld2: ls -t /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list |
| streuner | cld2: if you using etch just look into /var/log (dpkg.log) |
| cld2 | Wyzard: so if I used apt-get im s.o.l. on the purge unused. |
| Wyzard | cld2: What you can do is launch aptitude, highlight the "installed packages" heading and type 'M' to mark *all* packages as having been installed automatically -- aptitude will mark them all for removal |
| cld2 | dondelelcaro, streuner: thanks. |
| dondelelcaro | cld2: no, you just have to mark the packages that you aren't sure that you want as automatically installed. |
| Wyzard | cld2: then go through the package list and type '+' on the packages you want to keep -- that'll clear their auto flags, and unmark them and their dependencies for removal |
| cld2 | thanks again guys. |
| Wyzard | cld2: When you're done, you'll have a proper set of aptitude's auto flags, and packages you don't need will be marked for removal I usually do that right after installing Debian, since there aren't many packages installed yet and it's easy, but with a bit more work it can be done on an existing installation too |
| dondelelcaro | !aptitude-fu |
| dpkg | To list uninstalled recommended or suggested packages: aptitude search '~RBsuggests:~i!~i'; upgradeable packages: aptitude search '~U'; manually installed packages: aptitude search '~i!~M' |
| lokkju_wrk | is there a relatively aimple way to get gtk 2.10 (or higher) on a debian etch box? |
| Wyzard | GTK 2.10 packages are available in experimental, but they're not really ready for use Last I checked, the "engines" package hadn't been updated, so themes wouldn't work |
| markybob | i wish gnome in debian wasnt bastardized |
| Wyzard | After etch is released, GTK 2.10 will go into unstable and then backports.org will probably have a build for etch |
| dondelelcaro | markybob: then jump in and help out the gnome team |
| markybob | dondelelcaro, doesnt seem like it's their fault. like Wyzard, everything's been waiting for etch for quite a while time now. i should get a medal for that grammar job |
| Wyzard | hehe Well, D-I RC2 is available now and the RC bug count is dropping, so hopefully etch isn't too far off |
| markybob | Wyzard, ever time there's a debian release coming up i magically forget how delayed the last release was and hope for the best. then of course, history repeats itself. might explain why i cant keep a woman |
| life | hello, I just installed Debian, and I am running KDE 3.2 ... but my screen resolution is 800 x 600, and there is no other higher resolution to put in the screen resolution wizard |
| smacnay_ | Which is preferred - twolame or toolame? Or just get lame? |
| life | is it because my KDE is old, and if it so how can I upgrade it? |
| Wyzard | smacnay: I believe twolame and toolame make MP2 files, not MP3 smacnay: The compression isn't as good smacnay: Use lame if you want MP3 |
| fantasma | what does "---" mean in the menuconfig of a kernel? |
| Wyzard | smacnay: or use oggenc to make Vorbis files :-) |
| dondelelcaro | markybob: that's part of the problem; you can't just hope for the best... you've got to jump in and help out |
| markybob | dondelelcaro, i actually tend to agree with what murdock stated a couple of days ago and dont think that outsiders can really do much to help the situation |
| dondelelcaro | well, it's kind of ironic that murdock is an outsider... |
| cld2 | can anyone suggest a good automounter for a headless box. no gnome-vol-manger. |
| cusco | why not? |
| DawnLight | i've inserted a cd with some files in it with filenames in hebrew, encoding unknown to me. while i know they are supposed to be hebrew all i see is ????????.* in th file manager. now i am seeing hebrew iso-8859-8 alright in the file manager. my first question is if it is true what i assume, that i can only view filenames or anything else for that matter using one encoding at a time because of the inability to automatically detect th |
| cld2 | cusco: if thats to me, because gnome is not installed, and I dont want to install it or gtk just for the gnome-vol-manager |
| SillyG | cld2: automount |