[Tfug] apt-get undo

[Glen Pfeiffer]

On Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:00 PM  "Claude Rubinson" wrote:
> On Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 10:05:27PM -0700, johngalt1 wrote:
> > For aptitude's purge function to work properly, you need
> > to have installed the package via aptitude.  If you install 
> > via apt-get, aptitude has no way of knowing what else was 
> > pulled in along the way.
> 
> That's why it worked for Glen. Useful info. I needed a clue.
> Thanks everyone.

To help your current situation there is deborphan. It can help 
remove unused packages, though I've never used it.

> > Aptitude has been Debian's recommended package manager for
> > a few years now and it's worth switching to.

Is that still true for 'testing'? If one's only reason for 
switching to aptitude is for the ability to remove automatically 
installed dependencies, does apt-get in testing do a good enough 
job? I was under the impression that it was; and was planning on 
switching back to apt-get in testing.

-- 
Glen