Re: [gentoo-user] Questions on the number of packages listed by 'emerge --depclean'

[PaulNM <gentoo@paulscrap.com>]

Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
> When I run 'emerge --depclean' I get this at the end as output:
> 
>         Packages installed:   2305
>         Packages in world:    1762
>         Packages in system:   64
>         Unique package names: 2283
>         Required packages:    2322
>         
>      1. It seems I'm missing 17 (2322 - 2305 = 17) packages. How can
>         find out the names of these packages?

I don't know about this one, someone else can answer this.

>      2. It seems that I have 479 (2305 - 1762 - 64 = 479) packages that
>         are in neither world nor system.
>              A. What are the names of these packages?
>              B. How did they get onto my system?

They are dependencies of packages in your world file (world includes
system). The only packages in world are those you specified on the
command line.  Example: "emerge pysol" would emerge pysol and it's
dependencies, like pysol-sound-server.  Only pysol will actually be in
the world file.

"emerge -p --emptytree world" may show you all the packages, but you'll
want to pipe it to a pager, cause it'll be a long list.

>      3. It seems that I have 22 (2305 - 2283 = 22) packages that are
>         slotted. How can I check this?
> 

"emerge -p --prune world" will show you, but don't run it without the -p
option, you may very well need some of those.

> Thanks.
> 
> --- Vladimir
> 

PaulNM
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