How to properly uninstall packages from uncompressed .xzm modules
Posted: 06 Nov 2020, 23:14
Hello everyone, this is my first post on this board, though I have used Porteus since ver. 3.2.
This is a great distro and I am truly thankful to all of you who with all your work have made it possible!
I have recently re-compiled the 4.16.3 kernel for Porteus 4.0 XFCE (for a couple of older P4 laptops I
own and still use a lot) and it has worked great!
I am now in the process of getting rid of a bunch of programs I do not use, to make it a bit easier on the old hardware.
So, to cut to the chase, is there a tool I can use to properly uninstall packages from an uncompressed
.xzm module? For instance, if I 'xzm2dir 001-core.xzm', how do I now go about removing the packages within the 001-core folder I want to get rid of? (I have done it manually in the past and that's quite tedious
- there surely must be a better way than that!)
Also, is there a practical way I can use to establish which libraries are no longer needed after removing the packages, so as to safely remove those libraries which are no longer needed as well?
I love Porteus and it will be the only OS installed on my older machines for years to come. It brings them back to life...truly miraculous!
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Cad
This is a great distro and I am truly thankful to all of you who with all your work have made it possible!
I have recently re-compiled the 4.16.3 kernel for Porteus 4.0 XFCE (for a couple of older P4 laptops I
own and still use a lot) and it has worked great!
I am now in the process of getting rid of a bunch of programs I do not use, to make it a bit easier on the old hardware.
So, to cut to the chase, is there a tool I can use to properly uninstall packages from an uncompressed
.xzm module? For instance, if I 'xzm2dir 001-core.xzm', how do I now go about removing the packages within the 001-core folder I want to get rid of? (I have done it manually in the past and that's quite tedious
- there surely must be a better way than that!)
Also, is there a practical way I can use to establish which libraries are no longer needed after removing the packages, so as to safely remove those libraries which are no longer needed as well?
I love Porteus and it will be the only OS installed on my older machines for years to come. It brings them back to life...truly miraculous!
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Cad