On 05/10/2008 09:14 PM, Paulo da Silva wrote:
> Mumia W. escreveu:
>> [...]
>> Try this:
>>
>> aptitude search '~i!~M'
>>
>> This only works if you consistently used aptitude to install packages.
> Are you sure? apt-get is aware of automatically installed packages. Look
> for example at "apt-get autoremove".
> [...]

No I'm not sure about what I said above, but my memory of Sarge's
apt-get was that it wasn't aware of the difference between automatically
and purposefully installed packages. The apt-get on my Etch system does
not document an "autoremove" command.

Anyway, I'm glad you got it sorted out.