autoremove

[Arthur Dyck]

I must have had over 20 files that were removed.  I'm afraid that even
if I had a list of files, I wouldn't have the expertise to know which
files went with which program.

Arthur

On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 18:02 -0600, Ron Morse wrote:
> No, I always printscrn the message so I can recover, but then go ahead
> and execute the autoremove to keep the package management system from
> getting confused somewhere down the road.  Once I have the list of files
> it acted on I can always put them back, if necessary. 
> 
> Ron Morse
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 15:58 -0600, Arthur Dyck wrote:
> > When using the apt-get feature, I kept getting the message that I had
> > extra files and to use autoremove to delete them, so I did.  However,
> > doing so affected several programs and I have had to reinstall them.  
> > 
> > I have now upgraded to feisty and am again getting the same message.  I
> > have the feeling that I should just ignore it and not use autoremove
> > again.  Has anyone else had the same experience?
> > 
> > Arthur
> > 
> > 
> 
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