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brin_bellway) wrote2019-02-27 03:53 pm
brin_bellway) wrote2019-02-27 03:53 pm
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why doesn't Synaptic have a button for "uninstall this software *and all software that is here purely as a prerequisite for this one*"
okay, okay, I know why, it'd have to keep track of whether you've installed anything else since then that *also* needs the prerequisite, and maybe you've started using some non-Synaptic program that needs it, and a false positive on whether to get rid of a piece of infrastructure could end up disastrous
and yeah, it's not like my laptop is hurting for storage space
and yeah, if I really cared that much I probably *could*--when I'm testing out programs knowing that the likelihood any given one will work for what I need is fairly low--just keep copies of the lists of prerequisites-to-be-installed and go through and uninstall them individually if I don't keep the main program (especially if it's same-day)
(and god, maybe I will)
but it still kind of bugs me having the detritus of unused prerequisites gradually build up on a laptop the longer I use it, seems so *untidy*
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(this post brought to you by trying to get a (very old) external webcam working on my laptop; eventually I gave up and borrowed Mom's laptop to use her built-in webcam)
okay, okay, I know why, it'd have to keep track of whether you've installed anything else since then that *also* needs the prerequisite, and maybe you've started using some non-Synaptic program that needs it, and a false positive on whether to get rid of a piece of infrastructure could end up disastrous
and yeah, it's not like my laptop is hurting for storage space
and yeah, if I really cared that much I probably *could*--when I'm testing out programs knowing that the likelihood any given one will work for what I need is fairly low--just keep copies of the lists of prerequisites-to-be-installed and go through and uninstall them individually if I don't keep the main program (especially if it's same-day)
(and god, maybe I will)
but it still kind of bugs me having the detritus of unused prerequisites gradually build up on a laptop the longer I use it, seems so *untidy*
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(this post brought to you by trying to get a (very old) external webcam working on my laptop; eventually I gave up and borrowed Mom's laptop to use her built-in webcam)