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Re: Sudo ... use or delete?



* 2021-01-29 06:34:34-0800, Peter Ehlert wrote:

> I don't use sudo
>
> The systems I use and the systems I setup for others never have sudo 
> users setup ... unneeded.

> Should I delete the sudo package? Would that cause some internal
> conflicts? they all have Debian Mate desktops... if that makes any
> difference, I think not.

You can delete package but some package may depend on it. With "aptitude
why" you can see if some other package needs "sudo" package. Here's an
example:

    $ aptitude why sudo
    i   kde-plasma-desktop Depends plasma-desktop (>= 4:5.10)
    i A plasma-desktop     Depends kde-cli-tools (>= 4:5.14) 
    i A kde-cli-tools      Depends libkf5su5 (>= 4.96.0)     
    i A libkf5su5          Depends sudo                      

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