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    What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    Title says it all.

    I saw this in another post and assume it gets rid of junk.

    I couldn't find it on linuxcommand.org.

    Sorry for the basic nature of the question
    Last edited by howefield; December 23rd, 2015 at 01:55 PM.

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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    From
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    man apt-get
    ...
    autoremove
    autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically
    installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no
    more needed.
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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    Have a look here:



    This command removes packages that were installed by other packages and are no longer needed.
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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    I would not call it junk. It removes packages no longer needed. If you search just the Ubuntu forums, you'll see a lot of commentary on this. Before running this command, I suggest backing up your package area.
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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    From man apt-get
    autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.
    If you want more info on a command check the man pages eg:

    Code:
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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    If you remove an application apt-get autoremove will remove the dependencies that were installed with that application and are no longer used by anything else on the system.

    Edit:
    Wow, lot of people paying attention today.

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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    If you'd like to free up drive space, a useful and safe command is...

    sudo apt-get clean

    That removes the aptitude cache in /var/cache/apt/archives

    You'd be amazed how much is in there! You don't need to keep it, and the only drawback is that the packages would have to be downloaded again if you wanted to reinstall them.
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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    I would take the "that are no more needed." not so literally if your running 8.10 and happen to do some compiling of sources.

    APT was patched to mark all packages installed with 'apt-get build-deb' as automatically installed which then includes them immediately in 'autoremove'. (and renders using aptitude useless

    There's an option to prevent this but as of yet can't see how to apply.

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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    Thanks everyone, I've got the idea!
    Last edited by howefield; December 23rd, 2015 at 01:56 PM.

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    Re: What does sudo apt-get autoremove do?

    can sudo apt-get autoremove be undone without reinstalling the packages u think u want to keep.
    Last edited by Godzeye; July 12th, 2010 at 10:25 AM. Reason: shhould be new thread

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