Public bug reported:
When one removes a package, one usually wants to auto-remove the
dependencies which were automatically installed and are no longer needed
by any package. This feature is default on aptitude, and in apt-get it
is enable by --auto-remove. Because the apt command lacks this feature
(neither by default nor via a flag) then I have to remove packages with
aptitude. Adding the --auto-remove flag to apt (or making it the
default behavior) would make it more useful and user-friendly; new users
would have to learn only one command (apt) for all common tasks, leaving
other commands for specialized tasks.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: apt 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-generic 3.16.7-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jan 14 10:56:30 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (260 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (80 days ago)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic
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Feature request: add --auto-remove to apt command or make it default
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