APT Is Nagging Me To Remove Things I Don't Want To Remove

[Luke Knowles]

On 1/26/08, Dave Vincenty <dave at thedavefactor.com> wrote:
>
> Here's something I've wanted to ask for a while.
>
> Okay, I've been  getting a message when I run "apt-get":
> > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> > required:
> >   knetwalk kpat libdb4.4++ libstrigiqtdbusclient0 liblash2 ksokoban
> > kolf blinken krec kscd kshisen kmoon kmahjongg klaptopdaemon ksig ksim
> > kwifimanager libqimageblitz4 kcharselect guile-1.8 kjumpingcube
> > kdeartwork-style sooperlooper kregexpeditor kdeartwork-misc kcoloredit
> > artsbuilder kdessh kanagram freebirth-data knode kmrml katomic
> > libcvsservice0 kleopatra kdegames-card-data kruler qamix lilypond-data
> > ktux klettres libportaudio2 kdebase-data-kde4 tapiir kgoldrunner
> > kbackgammon kpoker terminatorx dirmngr kdepim-kfile-plugins librdf0
> > libkiten1 kgeography libsoundtouch1c2 kpackage liblockdev1 kenolaba
> > zynaddsubfx freqtweak kblackbox gtick atlantikdesigner konsolekalendar
> > klatin kfloppy muse csound audacity kstars ttf-dustin ksame kbruch
> > shaketracker libkdegames1 freebirth libqt4-qt3support kcalc denemo
> > libmimelib1c2a keduca kandy kdeedu-data kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data
> > libsqlite0 bitscope kdeartwork-theme-icon kweather kmplot kalzium
> > ksirc kde-icons-oxygen puredata librss1 klinkstatus klickety
> > kpovmodeler ksayit librasqal0 kmouth kalarm noatun-plugins kworldclock
> > mpeglib kalzium-data kdewebdev bristol kdegames kicker-applets
> >   amor kdict guile-1.8-libs ktouch kgeography-data ktnef khexedit
> > kdeaccessibility kedit kbounce kvoctrain jackeq libgtkmm1.2-0c2a
> > libsoprano4 kdetoys kimagemapeditor atlantik jdelay tidy
> > libtidy-0.99-0 kwordquiz kview ktron ttf-sjfonts kdelibs5-data cvs
> > kdenetwork libtiff-tools kttsd libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-1c2a
> > kdeartwork-emoticons dcoprss ksysv mixxx kwin4 kdewallpapers
> > libksieve0 kuser klettres-data kreversi kdf libcaptury0 qsampler
> > kspaceduel libgle3 kig vkeybd juk noatun klines jack-rack
> > fifteenapplet libmxml1 kdemultimedia mixxx-data kfaxview kstars-data
> > libsigc++-1.2-5c2 qsynth edict lskat libarts1-mpeglib
> > kaddressbook-plugins kgamma kviewshell kfilereplace libqt4-sql
> > kommander timemachine kdeutils lilypond kdegraphics kaboodle
> > libphonon4 khangman jack-tools fluidsynth aconnectgui libindex0
> > kanjidic kdeartwork-theme-window xscreensaver-gl-extra beast
> > ksmiletris tk707 libarts1-audiofile kxsldbg quanta kbattleship
> > kiconedit kdeadmin kpilot libsigc++0c2 kasteroids seq24 kfouleggs
> > libkdeedu3 rosegarden-data libcapseo0 libkgantt0 knewsticker ksnake
> > patchage kiten eyesapplet swami kdat indi kdeedu kdelirc kpercentage
> > superkaramba kjots kfax ksirtet xserver-xorg-input-synaptics kmines
> > kdvi kget meterbridge kdebase-runtime-data kgpg jackbeat
> > alsa-tools-gui konquest kate-plugins kolourpaint kdepimlibs-data
> > kdeaddons-kfile-plugins xscreensaver-data-extra libarts1-xine
> > ktuberling kturtle kaudiocreator ktimer liblscp quanta-data kmid
> > texinfo kteatime kverbos jamin kodo
> > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> Now, this is a long list, and it tells me this EVERY time I use APT for
> anything.  I know a few of these are things that were left over after I
> purged KDE 4.0.0 from my system, and I'm sure a lot of what's on this
> list could be removed without me even noticing the difference, but
> "alsa-tools-gui"?  Don't I need that to, like, change volume when I'm
> not in KDE?  And I certainly don't want to get rid of
> "xscreensaver-gl-extra" and lose my beautiful bouncing cow.  Plus, I've
> always wanted to start up SuperKaramba and see if I actually need it for
> anything.
>
> So my question is ... is there a way to make it stop telling me to
> remove packages?  And if I really do need to remove packages, can I pull
> up a list to autoremove, but pick which ones I want to keep?
>
> Alternatively, maybe there is something I installed (an optional add-on
> to APT?) that's meant to remove unused packages to maximize my hard
> drive space.  I don't think I want to remove such a function ... simply
> to make it shut up and have it only offer polite suggestions when I
> decide to see them.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> ~~~ dave ~~~
>
> --
> Have you mooed today?

Make sure you have the kubuntu-desktop package installed. Sometimes apt will
ask you to remove them all if you don't have kubuntu-desktop installed.

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