On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dan Youngquist wrote:

> On 12/27/2014 06:30 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
>> so here's an example. I do:
>>
>> sudo apt-get remove korn-trinity
>>
>> and I get a whole list of stuff to autoremove. I've included it after my
>> signature. some of this stuff I want to retain.
>
> Using Synaptic, you'd select any you want to keep, go to the Package menu,
> and uncheck "Automatically installed".  Or if you prefer, you can use
> apt-mark to mark them as manually installed (see man apt-mark).
>
>

found the 'man' on 'apt-mark' a bit obscure but this is a great tip so 
I'll be exploring it.

everyone's referencing 'synaptic'; is it considered superior to 
'kpackage'?

I prefer the 'apt-get'/'aptitude' in general but will use whatever 
does the job effectively.

F.

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Felmon Davis

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