On Sunday 28 December 2014 09:39:22 Tony Wolfs wrote: > On 12/28/2014 04:01 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: > > 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. > > > >>>if I know the words, why use pictures? > > ........if I know the pictures, why use words ? > grin grin Why do GUI users always feel the need to brow-beat, cajole or otherwise push everyone into using the GUI? ;-) Each to his own! Lisi