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Rattle
Asked: 2018-04-16 02:05:51 +0800 CST

Did I break my system with apt-get autoremove? [duplicate]

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I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I used sudo apt-get autoremove

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  apt-clone archdetect-deb canonical-poke dmeventd dmraid
  gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 kde-config-screenlocker kinit kio kpackagelauncherqml
  kpackagetool5 kpartx kpartx-boot kwayland-data kwayland-integration kwin
  kwin-common kwin-data kwin-x11 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libdb5.3++
  libdebian-installer4 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libfam0
  libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common
  libkdecorations2-5v5 libkdecorations2private5v5 libkf5activities5
  libkf5archive5 libkf5attica5 libkf5auth-data libkf5auth5
  libkf5bookmarks-data libkf5bookmarks5 libkf5calendarevents5
  libkf5codecs-data libkf5codecs5 libkf5completion-data libkf5completion5
  libkf5config-bin libkf5config-data libkf5configcore5 libkf5configgui5
  libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5configwidgets5 libkf5coreaddons-data
  libkf5coreaddons5 libkf5crash5 libkf5dbusaddons-bin libkf5dbusaddons-data
  libkf5dbusaddons5 libkf5declarative-data libkf5declarative5
  libkf5globalaccel-bin libkf5globalaccel-data libkf5globalaccel5
  libkf5globalaccelprivate5 libkf5gpgmepp5 libkf5guiaddons5 libkf5i18n-data
  libkf5i18n5 libkf5iconthemes-bin libkf5iconthemes-data libkf5iconthemes5
  libkf5idletime5 libkf5itemviews-data libkf5itemviews5 libkf5jobwidgets-data
  libkf5jobwidgets5 libkf5kcmutils-data libkf5kcmutils5
  libkf5kdelibs4support-data libkf5kdelibs4support5 libkf5kdelibs4support5-bin
  libkf5kiocore5 libkf5kiofilewidgets5 libkf5kiontlm5 libkf5kiowidgets5
  libkf5newstuff-data libkf5newstuff5 libkf5notifications-data
  libkf5notifications5 libkf5package-data libkf5package5 libkf5parts-data
  libkf5parts-plugins libkf5parts5 libkf5plasma5 libkf5plasmaquick5
  libkf5quickaddons5 libkf5service-bin libkf5service-data libkf5service5
  libkf5solid5 libkf5solid5-data libkf5sonnet5-data libkf5sonnetcore5
  libkf5sonnetui5 libkf5textwidgets-data libkf5textwidgets5 libkf5wallet-bin
  libkf5wallet-data libkf5wallet5 libkf5waylandclient5 libkf5waylandserver5
  libkf5widgetsaddons-data libkf5widgetsaddons5 libkf5windowsystem-data
  libkf5windowsystem5 libkf5xmlgui-bin libkf5xmlgui-data libkf5xmlgui5
  libkscreenlocker5 libkwalletbackend5-5 libkwin4-effect-builtins1
  libkwineffects7 libkwinglutils7 libkwinxrenderutils7 liblvm2app2.2
  liblvm2cmd2.02 liborbit-2-0 libparted-fs-resize0 libphonon4qt5-4
  libpolkit-qt5-1-1 libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-opengl
  libqt4-scripttools libqt4-test libqt5script5 libqtassistantclient4
  libqtwebkit4 libreadline5 libvoikko1 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-cursor0
  libxcb-damage0 linux-headers-4.4.0-23 linux-headers-4.4.0-23-generic
  linux-headers-4.4.0-40 linux-headers-4.4.0-40-generic
  linux-image-4.4.0-23-generic linux-image-4.4.0-40-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-23-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-40-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.4.0-23-generic linux-signed-image-4.4.0-40-generic
  linux-tools-4.4.0-23 linux-tools-4.4.0-23-generic lvm2 plasma-framework
  python3-icu python3-pam python3-pyqt4 python3-sip
  qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrols qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons
  rdate sonnet-plugins
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 164 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 803 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

Did it remove some stuff that was not to be removed?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If your system is running all right prior to doing autoremove then the answer is No, you have not broken anything by doing autoremove.

    apt-get autoremove removes orphaned dependencies i. e. packages that were installed as dependencies of desired package(s) but became orphan after those desired packages have been removed/purged.

    So, unless you have not removed anything necessary before doing autoremove, you can not break the system by only running it.

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