On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Greg Madden wrote: > On Saturday 27 December 2014 8:58:38 pm you wrote: >> 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. > > Not sure what OS exegnu is based on... > > I use Debian, the cli tools, imho, are superior to any gui app..some time you > need to repair a system without X getting involved. I don't like clicking around on a gui either. for one thing, I find scrolling around clumsy and it all seems kind of unnecessarily indirect: if I know the words, why use pictures? > I keep learning more about the cli, apt-mark is new to me, apt-cache has lots > of useful options...you can answer alot of your own questions with these > tools. The key s knowing what they are. indeed. one has to know the words (= commands). having an 'interesting' time with this upgrade though.... F. -- Felmon Davis Understanding is always the understanding of a smaller problem in relation to a bigger problem. -- P. D. Ouspensky