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

[Derek Broughton]

Nigel Ridley wrote:

> Why would apt want to remove the gimp? I use it all the time! And what
> about the other packages - I probably need them too - and if not how do
> I know? How can I trust apt if it is wanting to remove the gimp that I
> do need?!

Just as with Dave's question, the answer is that it only ever wants to
remove packages that you _didn't_ install explicitly - it was installed as
a dependency.  "apt-get install gimp" will ensure it doesn't want to remove
it.
-- 
derek