[Novalug] Ubuntu Dependencies

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Monday 16 February 2009 7:39:10 pm James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
> [1] Install the package. That brings in all dependencies.
> [2] Remove the package.
> 
> I am one of those old geezers who still likes dselect. You can probably 
> do the same thing in aptitude as well as synaptic.
> 
> Just mark the package for installation. Your tool will drag in all the 
> requirements for you. Then unmark that package.
> 
> Some of these tools (like aptitude) will remember WHY a needed package 
> was drawn in and remove it when the requiring package is deleted (or no 
> longer required to be installed), but others will happily leave the 
> dependencies in place.

This was the case with apt, but then deborphan came along, and now apt-get 
learned to do it too.  It won't automatically remove the remaining 
dependencies, but it'll prompt you about them being unnecessary and tell you 
to run 'apt-get autoremove' to clean up.

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo
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