completely remove those packages that leave files in debian / ubuntu marked with rc and not removed completely with traditional tools
No params Show Sample Output
Removes packages that are recommended by other packages.
">>" appends to the file ">" replaces the entire file make sure to use ">>" Show Sample Output
This will extract all the apt-get install commands issued on the box, even if they are in the gzipped history files. Show Sample Output
Marks all manually installed deb packages as automatically installed. Usefull to combine with
apt-get install <all manually packages that we want>
to have a clean installed debian-based system.
# Search for an available package on Debian systems using a regex so it only matches packages starting with 'tin'.
This will print the name of every installed package on a Debian system.
since awk was already there one can use it instead of the 2 greps. might not be faster, but fast enough
Removes all kernels and corresponding packages except of the one you're currently using.
This is the best way I have found to search out an application when I am not sure the title. Grep is just to remove anything that does not contain the term in the title or short description (lots of things might include the search term in the description, such as libraries used by the application) Show Sample Output
Python virtual environment creation.
Command to install everything on a debian based system with the prefix you indicate.
You can then do all the processing you wish... It's already sorted and only installed packages are listed. EDIT: Now contains formatting option to list only package names! Also, disables truncating long package names. NOTE: it's tilda i not dash i
This alias is quicker to type than 'sudo apt-get install', and it automatically says yes to the prompt that shows up sometimes.
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