- apt install downloads 47 packages
apt remove gets rid of one packages
apt autoremove gets rid of 6 packages
deborphan shows one package
Why is this happening? What can be done to fix this?
1.I can not imagine why, I know nothing about your system, and have no means to look at it it get the information needed.Why is this happening? What can be done to fix this?
========= edited ========You could blindly remove them with aptitude purge ~o (or aptitude purge ?obsolete) but you might want to first verify what those package are. There might be some packages that you have manually installed, that are not part of any current APT repository, and that you want to keep around nevertheless (I have skype, dropbox and a few personal packages for example). You can get the list with aptitude search ?obsolete…
I have, of course, searched this issue quite a bit. Thank you for the links, they did help clean up some of my packages; however the issue with autoremove is still present, and even with the tools provided I was not able to get rid of the 40 dependencies installed by Transmission (I am only using transmission as an example, I actually do want to use Transmission; I have noticed this issue with other packages).GarryRicketson wrote:2. What can be done to fix this? Read some of the various results in the search string , there are many that should give you the information.
Yes. Basically:stevepusser wrote:You are a bit unclear. Was your "apt remove" to uninstall Transmission?
If you remove the dependencies, it won't run. Are sure you want to do that ?I actually do want to use Transmission
AdrianTM wrote:There's no hacker in my grandma...
I am just using transmission as an example. I can always redownload the dependencies later. I am using it to prove that the issue is present as it is one of the more egregious examples I've seen.GarryRicketson wrote:If you remove the dependencies, it won't run. Are sure you want to do that ?
No need to prove anything, most of us are aware of this, it is a common issue with large, "mega" packages,by felixgp » I am using it to prove that the issue is present ---snip--
dilberts_left_nut wrote:The answer is in the dependencies, and which other packages depend/recommend/suggest them too.
'aptitude why' might proide some insight.
well heck that's pretty silly. I think i'll just ignore any further posts, bye.felixgp wrote:I am just using transmission as an example. I can always redownload the dependencies later. I am using it to prove that the issue is present as it is one of the more egregious examples I've seen.GarryRicketson wrote:If you remove the dependencies, it won't run. Are sure you want to do that ?
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$ apt-cache depends transmission
transmission
Depends: transmission-common
|Depends: transmission-gtk
|Depends: transmission-qt
Depends: transmission-cli
Dependency might've been the wrong word. In all though, installing Transmission downloaded a total of 47 new packages (including Transmission itself). Probably there were dependencies of dependencies in there.sunrat wrote:I only see 2 dependencies for transmission, not 47.Check your apt history log.Code: Select all
$ apt-cache depends transmission transmission Depends: transmission-common |Depends: transmission-gtk |Depends: transmission-qt Depends: transmission-cli
Thank you this was the type of answer I'd been looking for (though not the answer I hoping for). If there's nothing to be done then there's not much to be said.GarryRicketson wrote: No need to prove anything, most of us are aware of this, it is a common issue with large, "mega" packages,
---end edit---Sunrat>>The actual term is "metapackages"
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$ apt install -s transmission
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
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The following NEW packages will be installed:
libminiupnpc10 libnatpmp1 minissdpd transmission transmission-common transmission-gtk
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