Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state
John Hasler wrote:
> Victor writes:
> > But *many* people do install productivity tools, office tools, games,
> > developer environments separately after the install, and then regret
> > it and wish to get rid of them cleanly.
>
> What does
>
> apt remove --purge <unwanted package> ; apt autoremove
>
> not do that you want done?
Unfortunately it does not know what packages are unwanted, nor
do I (the user) to tell it.
We are all familiar with the situation when after a long period of
usage, a system becomes full of software which we once installed for
some purpose and then abandoned or disused. A gentle hint on what is an
<unwanted package> would be very much appreciated at such moments.
Maybe the high-level package management software (aptitude?) is better
at that?
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Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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