On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:56:41PM +0100, info at smallinnovations.nl wrote:
> On 25-01-17 16:58, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> >So uninstalling and purging aptitude's configuration looks viable. As long as it
> >doesn't do nasties like uninstalling grub and wicd, which it was threatening to do
> >a while ago.
> >
> >But I might first create myself an up-to-date bootable USB installation stick just
> >in case.
> >
> >Yes, I got myself into an ugly mess.
> >
> >-- hendrik
> >
> Before doing any purging try:
>
> aptitude search '~i !~M' -F %p >package.list
>
> and save the package.list. Just in case.

Done. Is this the list of all packages installed, or just the top-level ones that
have been explicitly requested over the years, including at initial installation?

-- hendrik

>
> Grtz.
>
> Nick
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