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heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

remove unused packages?

I find myself installing a lot of different programs, to see how they work, and if I like them better than what I'm currently using. I usually end up removing them. Unfortuneately, I didn't start removing packages using the -Rs command, I noticed that later. I remember when I used ubuntu it automatically removed unused packages when you did an apt-get, I was wondering if pacman has a way of doing that, I didn't notice anything in the --help menu.

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: remove unused packages?

pacman -Qe should show those packages.

rufius

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From: Florida

Registered: 2003-06-01

Posts: 16

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Re: remove unused packages?

As a note, its actually aptitude that was telling you that information. I'm pretty sure apt doesn't have that capability but I know aptitude does.

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shining

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Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: remove unused packages?

As a note, its actually aptitude that was telling you that information. I'm pretty sure apt doesn't have that capability but I know aptitude does.

Last time I used ubuntu, one year ago or something, apt-get had that feature. But not on debian.

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Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: remove unused packages?

As a note, its actually aptitude that was telling you that information. I'm pretty sure apt doesn't have that capability but I know aptitude does.

IIRC it was implemented in apt-get for the feisty release.