How about "Use 'apt-get autoremove' as superuser to remove them."?
Or maybe it would be enough that the error message printed by `apt-get autoremove` when ran as regular user could be more user friendly. Currently it is: E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? (apt 1.0.1ubuntu2) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658960 Title: add "sudo" before apt-get autoremove in warning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/658960/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs