Re: why autoremove doesn't work
On Sat 13 Nov 2021 at 01:59:04 (+0000), Long Wind wrote:
> i install synaptic, with many depended packages
> then i remove synaptic and autoremove
> but many depended packages are not removed
$ aptitude why PACKAGENAME
Try that command using, in turn, the names of packages that were
installed along with synaptic but are not being autoremoved.
It should tell you why not.
It's quite likely you'll find there are Recommends that are
holding on to the packages.
Then you can test whether removing them will be safe by typing:
$ apt-get -s remove PACKAGENAMES …
and confirming that there are no complaints. (Note these commands
were typed as a user, not as root.)
Cheers,
David.
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