On 12/9/2019 9:06 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 09:55:22AM +0200, aprekates wrote: >> In a fresh debian10 installation with xfce4 when i try: >> >> $ sudo apt-get remove xfce4 >> >> will present me with a maybe a hundred of packages that 'were automatically >> installed and no longer needed' and that i should remove if i want with 'apt >> autoremove'. And the only packages that would be removed are xfce4 and >> task-xfce-desktop. >> >> In my eyes i'd be more logical apt to remove the depedencies xfce4 have. I >> cant understand the logic of the message presented to me. > > apt cannot help you if you're using it wrong. In your case it's: > > sudo apt-get autoremove xfce4 > > Also, apt-get(8). >
If you want to purge along with autoremoving: $ apt-get --autoremove purge xfce4 -- John Doe