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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:
> Hello all,
> I've read the available documentation pretty
> thoroughly and still cannot find the answer to this.
> 
> 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?

If you use aptitude to install and remove packages, this happens
automatically.  If you don't, you can use 'deborphan' and 'debfoster' to
do something similar.

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