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Re: why autoremove doesn't work

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: why autoremove doesn't work
Date 2021-11-13 04:30 +0100
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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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why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-13 03:00 +0100
  Re: why autoremove doesn't work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 04:30 +0100
    Re: why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-13 05:10 +0100
      Re: why autoremove doesn't work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 05:50 +0100
        Re: why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-13 07:30 +0100
          Re: why autoremove doesn't work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 17:40 +0100
            Re: why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-14 01:10 +0100
              Re: why autoremove doesn't work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-14 18:00 +0100
                Re: why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-14 20:10 +0100
                Re: why autoremove doesn't work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-15 02:40 +0100
                Re: why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-15 02:50 +0100
          Re: why autoremove doesn't work David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 17:50 +0100
  Re: why autoremove doesn't work Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 17:40 +0100
    Re: why autoremove doesn't work Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2021-12-10 01:30 +0100

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