Quoting Christian Seiler (2017-06-07 15:26:35) > - You install package A, which Recommends: B, but you don't > want B, notice that at the time, and either remove B > afterwards, or install A with --no-install-recommends. But > then you install package C at a later point in time, which > actually depends on B. You notice that C is not what you > wanted, purge it again, but apt-get autoremove will _not_ > remove B, even though it's automatically installed, because > A recommends it. > > So basically, the following command sequence may or may not > leave your system in an identical state, depending on the > packages that previously have been installed on your system: > > apt-get install A > apt-get purge A > apt-get autoremove --purge > > Unfortunately, I don't see a good solution to this problem, > and I've thought about this a lot in the past.
You may want to have a look at the following apt configuration setting: APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant "false"; It controls whether "autoremove" also considers autoremoving packages that are only pulled in because of a Recommends relationship. Thanks! cheers, josch
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