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 From: Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpe...@web.de>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org 
Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: Remove unwanted, orphaned files and dependencies
 

Thanks for your help, Jorg.

> The aptitude command offers some help:

I read somewhere on the internet that Debian discourages its users to use the 
'aptitude' command. Debian encourages us to use the 'apt' command. Is that 
correct?

> $ aptitude search '~c'

What is the equivalent 'apt' command?

> $ aptitude purge '~c'

The equivalent of the above using 'apt' command is.......?

> $ aptitude purge $(aptitude -F "%p" search '~g')

And the equivalent of '$ aptitude purge $(aptitude -F "%p" search '~g')' using 
'apt' command is.....................?

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