Noob Question - Something like Windows system restore in Ubuntu

[dean]

Tim Tebbit wrote:
> David McNally wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>> I've been using Ubuntu for two years, so I'm generally pretty good with it,
>> but sometimes something comes up and I have no idea what to do.
>>
>> I'm looking for something where I can uninstall a package and all of its
>> dependencies. I don't need it now, I just want to feel secure about
>> installing kubuntu-desktop. I'm pretty sure I might want to remove it, but
>> kubuntu-desktop is just a package with nothing but dependencies in it. If I
>> remove it, will the dependencies be removed as well, or will I need to
>> remove each one by hand, or is there something else I can do?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> David
>>
>>
>>     
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> How noob?  aptitude shines at this type of task.
>
> sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
> sudo aptitude purge kubuntu-desktop
>
> Aptitude is much better at handling dependencies IMO.  Probably why it 
> is the suggested package manager for Ubuntu's 16yr old dad with about as 
> many children, Debian.
>
>
>   
The only thing I do that is similar to System Restore is a make a weekly 
incremental backup of my linux drives using a program called Clonezilla.