[GTALUG] Ubuntu (or debian): apt-get auto-remove?

[Kevin Cozens]

On 15-08-13 10:57 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Do people fine apt-get auto-remove works great or do you find that it
> throws a few babies out with the bathwater?

I have not yet had a problem where autoremove made something go away which I 
still needed. If in doubt, get the list of packages that will be removed and 
look them up in Synaptic to see if any of them are something you think you 
are currently using, or are likely to be using soon.

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