[Bug 1042412] Re: ubuntu softwaremanagement

[Daniel Hartwig]

Which program are you having the issue with?  It appears to be aptitude
based on your description, but you do not specifically mention it.

Please provide the output of a complete session demonstrating the
problem.

> This sucks, there is no way to reverse an installation.
>
> sudo apt-get --purge autoremove PAKET
>
> is the way i know, but sometimes it deletes other stuff, which was on the
> system before. Like the game "abuse", it want to remove 10 packages, not only
> the 2 abuse and abuse-lib.

The packages being removed are all automatically installed, and no
longer required.  If you care for some of those packages to remain on
your system you must indicate this to the package manager:

$ sudo apt-mark unmarkauto PKG

or interactively in aptitude, by pressing m with the desired package
selected.


** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  ubuntu softwaremanagement

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  when i install a program, there are libs and other stuff installed
  also. When i remove the program again, the libs and the other stuff
  stays on the hdd. This sucks, there is no way to reverse an
  installation.

  sudo apt-get --purge autoremove PAKET

  is the way i know, but sometimes it deletes other stuff, which was on
  the system before. Like the game "abuse", it want to remove 10
  packages, not only the 2 abuse and abuse-lib.

  Perhaps it is useful to create a protocol of installed files, when
  using apt-get or synapitic. So the user can select his different
  installing sessions and reverse them. This would be very useful.

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