On Sunday 28 December 2014 08:22:08 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...

Debian.

> 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.

Hear, hear.
>
> 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.

Agreed!

Lisi