Wait a sec here. Their is also packages in Debian which do a better job than deborphan. Their is such a package which removes a lot of cruft . . In fact, its called exactly that. I don't understand what you wanted to accomplish by writing this script. On Sat, 27 Sep 2008, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:56:00 -0600 > From: Tyler Littlefield <tyler at tysdomain.com> > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Subject: Re: cleaning dependencies > > it is. deborphan removes stuff that it doesn't see. > > Thanks, > _|_|_|_|_| _| _|_|_|_| > _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_| > _| _| _| _|_|_| _| > _| _| _| _| _| > _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| > Visit TDS for quality software and website production > http://tysdomain.com > msn: tyler at tysdomain.com > aim: st8amnd2005 > skype: st8amnd127 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "luke" <speakup at lists.tacticus.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 6:48 PM > Subject: Re: cleaning dependencies > > > > Is this something that "apt-get autoremove" won't handle? > > > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2008, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > > > > > I wrote a quitk script, figured it could probably be used, so here ya go: > > > requirements: php5-cli/php4-cli and deborphan > > > #!/usr/bin/php > > > <?php > > > $list=array(); > > > exec("deborphan",$list); > > > if (count($list)==0) > > > { > > > echo "There are no packages that deborphan can find to be removed.\n"; > > > return 0; > > > } > > > $packages=implode(" ",$list); > > > echo "The following ".count($list)." packages will be removed: > > > ".$packages.".\n"; > > > exec("dpkg --purge ".$packages); > > > echo "done\n"; > > > ?> > > > > > > Thanks, > > > _|_|_|_|_| _| _|_|_|_| > > > _| _|_|_| _| _|_|_| > > > _| _| _| _|_|_| _| > > > _| _| _| _| _| > > > _| _| _| _|_|_|_| _|_|_| > > > Visit TDS for quality software and website production > > > http://tysdomain.com > > > msn: tyler at tysdomain.com > > > aim: st8amnd2005 > > > skype: st8amnd127 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > __________ NOD32 3477 (20080927) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > eheil at sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
