On Friday 01 February 2019 11:46:06 deloptes wrote:
Baron wrote:
Hi Guys,
When I get an update, I also get a message
"The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:"
But the packages never get removed ! Should they be automatically removed or is there something that I should do ?
Thanks in advance.
From man apt
autoremove (apt-get(8)) autoremove is used to remove packages that wereautomatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed as dependencies changed or the package(s) needing them were removed in the meantime.
You should check that the list does not includeapplications you have grown to like even though they were once installed just as a dependency of another package. You can mark such a package as manually installed by using apt-mark(8). Packages which you have installed explicitly via install are also never proposed for automatic removal.
This means you do apt autoremove but should be careful to not remove something you need like a library for custom application that is not resolved as dependency by package manager
regards
Thank you for your quick response to my question. It never occurred to me to look for "man apt"
Many thanks,