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Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> <<SNIP >> |
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> Connected question: How do I quickly find all the packages that |
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> got installed as a dependency, but which are no longer needed, |
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> because the dependent package got removed (as an example, I'd |
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> like to find kde-i18n, because that used to be a dependency of |
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> kde-meta and kde-meta is no longer installed). |
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> Thanks, |
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> Michael |
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First things first. Use caution with this. A LOT of caution. Always |
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do a --pretend first, no exception. I would strongly recommend you to |
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never let it just remove packages, always remove them by hand. That's |
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how I do it anyway. |
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emerge -p --depclean |
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That will tell you packages that are installed and !may! not be needed |
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by other packages. Note all the warnings here? I have not had anything |
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serious removed by using this in ages but strange things can happen. |
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You need to be careful with this. Remove the wrong thing and it can be |
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a uphill battle to get it fixed. |
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If you have a problem with things being removed from your world file, |
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someone may can give you the command to rebuild it. I'd backup the |
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current one first, just in case. I'm pretty sure there is a way to do |
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that but can't recall at the moment. I have never had to do that before. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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