Re: apt autoremove
The Wednesday 21 August 2013 21:50:17, Verde Denim wrote :
> Running updates this morning and got this -
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
> dbconfig-common libapache2-mod-php5 libcurl3-gnutls:i386
> libdirac-decoder0 libenet1a libgmp10:i386
> libirrlicht1.7a liblapack3gf libmcrypt4 libmpc2:i386 libmpfr4:i386
> libonig2 libqdbm14 libxcb-xfixes0
> php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql xulrunner-10.0
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>
> Anyone know the implications of removing these packages? I've been
> looking them up and they seem to have a definitive purpose, so I'm not
> sure that I want to just delete them from the system.
Well, I don't want to start a fight, but try apt-get upgrade. If it stil wants
to remove te packages, use aptitude why and why-not. Use man aptitude to see
waht's doing on.
Thierry
Reply to: