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Re: removing software with apt-get or dselect



On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 11:05:54PM -0700, Jon Doe wrote:
> How do I remove packages that were installed with another package
> using apt-get or dselect? For example, say I want to install mozilla
> but later decide that I don't want it anymore. How do I automatically
> remove all the packages that were installed along with it?

aptitude can do this provided you used aptitude to install the package
in the first place, or you can use deborphan to clean up unused
dependencies after the fact.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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