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From: PaulNM <gentoo@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Questions on the number of packages listed by 'emerge --depclean'
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:01:21
Message-Id: 44BFDDC8.30105@paulscrap.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Questions on the number of packages listed by 'emerge --depclean' by "Vladimir G. Ivanovic"
1 Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
2 > When I run 'emerge --depclean' I get this at the end as output:
3 >
4 > Packages installed: 2305
5 > Packages in world: 1762
6 > Packages in system: 64
7 > Unique package names: 2283
8 > Required packages: 2322
9 >
10 > 1. It seems I'm missing 17 (2322 - 2305 = 17) packages. How can
11 > find out the names of these packages?
12
13 I don't know about this one, someone else can answer this.
14
15 > 2. It seems that I have 479 (2305 - 1762 - 64 = 479) packages that
16 > are in neither world nor system.
17 > A. What are the names of these packages?
18 > B. How did they get onto my system?
19
20 They are dependencies of packages in your world file (world includes
21 system). The only packages in world are those you specified on the
22 command line. Example: "emerge pysol" would emerge pysol and it's
23 dependencies, like pysol-sound-server. Only pysol will actually be in
24 the world file.
25
26 "emerge -p --emptytree world" may show you all the packages, but you'll
27 want to pipe it to a pager, cause it'll be a long list.
28
29 > 3. It seems that I have 22 (2305 - 2283 = 22) packages that are
30 > slotted. How can I check this?
31 >
32
33 "emerge -p --prune world" will show you, but don't run it without the -p
34 option, you may very well need some of those.
35
36 > Thanks.
37 >
38 > --- Vladimir
39 >
40
41 PaulNM
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Re: [gentoo-user] Questions on the number of packages listed by 'emerge --depclean' "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vgivanovic@×××××××.net>