On Fri, 2013-11-15 at 16:46 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Mark a few of the top level ones and then run autoremove, answer 'n'o.
> Then pick another top level package and mark it.  Then run autoremove
> again and answer 'n'o again.  Repeat until you have marked to keep all
> of the packages that you want to keep.

As root running a command that could remove packages, just to monitor
something, is bad practice. Soon or later it will result in "Oops,
accidentally removed".

"-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
No action. Perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
actually change the system." - http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get 


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