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| Newer page: | version 36 | Last edited on Thursday, July 6, 2006 2:52:46 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 34 | Last edited on Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:37:29 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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-[DebianLinux] is great.
-
-In addition to this page, you should also take a look at
-
-* DebianPackageTools
-* DebianFaq
-* AptSourcesList
-* apt-move(8) -- a tool for moving your <tt>/var/cache/apt/archives</tt> into your very own Debian mirror
-* [AutoInstall] -- Progeny's rather broken solution for automatically installing [Debian]
-
!!! Package-related Notes
!! Rate-limiting apt-get
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!! Reinstalling all packages on a system
<verbatim>
dpkg --get-selections | awk '$2 == "install" { print $1 }' | xargs apt-get -y --reinstall install
+</verbatim>
+
+!! Removing all packages marked as 'deinstall'
+
+<verbatim>
+dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f1 | xargs dpkg --purge
</verbatim>
!! Irritations using dpkg -l '*glob*'
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There are several books available to teach you about Debian.
* [Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Bible|ISBN:0764576445]
* [The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques|ISBN:1593270690]
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+!!! Other pages
+
+In addition to this page, you should also take a look at
+
+* DebianPackageTools
+* AptSourcesList
+* apt-move(8) -- a tool for moving your <tt>/var/cache/apt/archives</tt> into your very own Debian mirror
+* [AutoInstall] -- Progeny's rather broken solution for automatically installing [Debian]
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CategoryDebian
