Re: What to prune?
On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 16:48:01 -0000 (UTC)
Beartooth <Beartooth(a)comcast.net> wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:30:45 -0800, Fred wrote:
> Don't know if you are a user of the Mate GUI for Dnf found in
> System > Administration > dnfdragora > Information > History. This
> provides a nice graphical view of the dnf history sorted by
> date/time/name of the updated and installed programs. If you
> install one program at a time, it is really easy to see what
> dependencies were pulled in for which program.
>
> For example: It shows that on 30 May I installed VLC which pulled
> in 50 other packages with it. One of them being the kde-filesystem.
New to me, and very interesting: many thanks!
I don't think I dare do everything one app at a time. I
generally rely on 'dnf upgrade' to tell me what's new, and then just
assent to it, unless I'm deliberately adding or removing something
(lots of that, and easy to forget, after any new install).
Sorry, I didn't phrase that very well. By installing one program at a
time, I meant only the programs that you personally install over and
above what, for example the install ISO for Fedora 30 Mate desktop
includes. I use gnuchash, calibre, and vlc which aren't included in
the live iso. So, rather than including those 3 programs in one dnf
install command, I do dnf install gnucash, then when that finishes, do
dnf install calibre, etc. That makes individual log entries that list
only what dnf pulled in for gnucash.
This might be helpful removing programs you've installed. Removing
anything installed by the original iso ...you live dangerously.
If dnf looks like adding or removing something against my
usage, I c&p the app name(s) to a second mate terminal tab logged in
as root, with 'dnf install' or 'dnf remove'.
Then when dnf upgrade has finished, I go to the other tab,
hit enter, and look *sharp* at what it proposes to do. Adding an app
back, bless the developers!, usually brings back dependencies with
it, but mostly fewer than I removed before. Deleting something
crufty-looking is most dangerous, and may require a second round, or
more likely a deep breath and a shrug.