Sunday, January 18, 2009

Removing Unnecessary Packages (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS)

Intro
Love trying new things on Linux. Occasionally, it happens that I need to remove some of the installed and tested packages. However, removing the package with apt-get or Synaptic does not necessary mean you will remove all the packages installed with it (dependences) .

Quick and Elegant
To remove unnecessary (aka "orphan" packages) use the following:

sudo apt-get autoremove

Works like a charm.

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