Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Wynona Stacy Lockwood]

Have you considered another distro that gives you more control?
Slackware perhaps?

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On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I remove a package that was snuck in?
>
> The Software updater apparently installed a package that was listed as
> "Automatically install upgrades" or something like that, because I did
> not know how to permanently block it.
>
> Synaptic shows it (I think) as unattended upgrades", with the
> description "automatic installation of security upgrades".
>
> Apparently, this trojan horse has the effect that, to remove it, so as
> to revert to manually performing upgrades (which is as it should be),
> I have to wreck the system, by removing the desktop system and the
> operating system core.
>
> So, how do I remove this trojan horse, without destroying the system?
>
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