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Comment 2 for bug 390793

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In , Michael Gilbert (michael-s-gilbert) wrote : re: #249021: "uninstall" synonym for "install"

tag 249021 wontfix

> When removing packages using apt-get, the command is "apt-get remove".
> As the command to install is "apt-get install", I find myself occasionally
> mistakenly typing "apt-get uninstall" to remove packages. It would be useful
> therefore if "uninstall" were to be added as a synonym for "remove".

in order to maintain simplicity, you only want there to be one way to
do things. hence providing synonyms for commands is a bad idea. the
user has a lot of avenues to figure out the correct syntax. they can
read the man page or search the web. and i bet they discover "remove"
pretty quickly even if they are used to things being called
"uninstall". so, i recommend that this issue not be fixed.