Hey. Occasionally I'll install a package and it brings some other
dependencies with it. Fine. Then if I decide it doesn't work for me and
want to uninstall it, I have to go to the installation history, see what was installed with it, and for each one find it and flag it for removal. You
can see how for packages with lots of dependencies this is kind of a pain.

Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought in
at one swell foop? Thanks.

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Eben King (12024-05-27):

Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought in
at one swell foop? Thanks.

The packages you did not choose to install but were installed as a
consequence are shown by apt-get when you do almost anything:

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
<snip>

Regards,

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On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 04:59:55PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:

Eben King (12024-05-27):

Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought in at one swell foop? Thanks.

The packages you did not choose to install but were installed as a consequence are shown by apt-get when you do almost anything:

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
<snip>

...and there is `apt-get autoremove' for that.

cheers
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Am Montag, 27. Mai 2024, 17:51:23 CEST schrieb tomas@tuxteam.de:

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 04:59:55PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:

Eben King (12024-05-27):

Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought in
at one swell foop? Thanks.

The packages you did not choose to install but were installed as a consequence are shown by apt-get when you do almost anything:

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer

required:

<snip>

...and there is `apt-get autoremove' for that.

cheers

You can also try:

aptitude purge package_name

and, maybe it is alrady deinstalle, you can purge any configurations:

aptitude purge ~c

Have fun!

Hans

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On 2024-05-27 18:42:48 +0300, mindaugasceliesius@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, May 27, 2024 5:59:55 PM EEST Nicolas George wrote:

Eben King (12024-05-27):

Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought in
at one swell foop? Thanks.

The packages you did not choose to install but were installed as a consequence are shown by apt-get when you do almost anything:

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: <snip>

Regards,

Hello.

You can use one simple command: sudo apt autoremove --purge

For various reasons, this may leave automatically installed packages
behind.

First, for symmetry with "apt install", you would need

APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant "false";

Still, a package could have been automatically installed due to a
dependency, but it may be in another OR dependency, in which case
apt will not propose its removal, even though the OR dependency
would still be satisfied.

So, you should either look at the logs or keep trace of the packages
that are installed before installation of new packages.

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