[Bug 1410792] Re: Feature request: add --auto-remove to apt command or make it default behavior

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Feature request: add --auto-remove to apt command or make it default
  behavior

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When one removes a package, one usually wants to auto-remove the
  dependencies which were automatically installed and are no longer
  needed by any package.  This feature is default on aptitude, and in
  apt-get it is enable by --auto-remove.  Because the apt command lacks
  this feature (neither by default nor via a flag) then I have to remove
  packages with aptitude.  Adding the --auto-remove flag to apt (or
  making it the default behavior) would make it more useful and user-
  friendly; new users would have to learn only one command (apt) for all
  common tasks, leaving other commands for specialized tasks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: apt 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-generic 3.16.7-ckt2
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 14 10:56:30 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (260 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (80 days ago)

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