<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Neil Winchurst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neilwin@drofle.co.uk" target="_blank">neilwin@drofle.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Recently I upgraded to Xubuntu 14.04. That is to say it was a new<br>

installation not an upgrade. I notice that it includes some programs<br>
that I don't really need or want. Two examples are pidgin and zeitgeist.<br>
<br>
Is it all right to simply remove these or might that cause problems?<br>
Are there some programs which should be left alone and simply not used?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You may want to take a look at apt-cache:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/80655/how-can-i-check-dependency-list-for-a-deb-package">http://askubuntu.com/questions/80655/how-can-i-check-dependency-list-for-a-deb-package</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>and apt-get remove/purge:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/231562/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-purge-and-apt-get-remove">http://askubuntu.com/questions/231562/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-purge-and-apt-get-remove</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>-wes </div></div></div></div>