[Wishlist] Removing software+dependencies in Synaptic is currently more difficult than installing them
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synaptic (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
Consider the following example:
I want to install the package "alien" to convert a RPM to DEB. Synaptic also asks (in Hardy) to install eight dependent packages:
debhelper dpkg-dev gettext html2text intltool-debian libtimedate-perl patch po-debconf
It does this automatically (very nice! :) and I just have to push a single button to mark them too.
Now that I'm done, if I want to remove the package "alien" and its dependencies, its not quite as nice. If I set up an 'Automatic Removable' filter and mark alien for removal, the eight dependent packages then appear on the list as well and I can then mark those for removal. While easier than manually tracking down unused dependencies, this is still somewhat more difficult than installing them in the first place.
What would be nicer would be a reverse the install process similar to how running "sudo apt-get autoremove alien" works, perhaps by a new removal option in Synaptic along the lines of 'Mark for autoremoval'.
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I believe that the autoremove option for apt-get (and Synaptic) has fixed this, can you confirm that?