debian + deleting dependencies

[der.hans]

Am 02. Jun, 2003 schw=E4tzte James Mabry so:

> What is the best way of deleting packages that were installed with
> another package? For instance if I install mozilla and decided I would
> rather not use it how can I delete all the other programs and libs that
> were installed along with it?

There is no reverse dependencies tool that I know of. I started specing one
out a couple of years ago, but never built it.

It looks like it would be a pain, but possible. Very sucky for small
systems, where it's needed the most.

Look at 'cruft'.

Description: Find any cruft built up on your system
 cruft is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn't
 be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn't.
 .
 It bases most of its results on dpkg's database, as well as a list of
 `extra files' that can appear during the lifetime of various packages.
 .
 cruft is still in pre-release; your assistance in improving its accuracy
 and performance is appreciated.

Haven't used it, though.

ciao,

der.hans
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