On Mi, 22 apr 20, 22:13:36, Urs Thuermann wrote: > Debian's package management should remove packages that were installed > automatically, if they are no longer needed. Unfortunately, that > often seems to not work correctly. See this example on my Raspberry > Pi running Raspbian jessie: [...]
> But after many updates/upgrades no installed package needs
> gcc-4.8-base anymore but it hasn't been removed. If I check why it's
> still installed I get:
>
> # aptitude why gcc-4.8-base
> i cron Recommends exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent
> p courier-mta Provides mail-transport-agent
> p courier-mta Depends courier-authlib (>= 0.66.1-1)
> p courier-authlib Depends expect
> p expect Recommends tk8.6
> p tk8.6 Recommends xterm | x-terminal-emulator
> p gnome-terminal Provides x-terminal-emulator
> p gnome-terminal Recommends gvfs
> p gvfs Depends gvfs-daemons (< 1.22.2-1+deb8u1.1~)
> p gvfs-daemons Recommends policykit-1-gnome
> p lxsession Provides policykit-1-gnome
> p lxsession Recommends openbox | x-window-manager
> p xmonad Provides x-window-manager
> p xmonad Recommends libghc-xmonad-dev
> p libghc-xmonad-dev Depends libghc-unix-dev-2.6.0.1-7550b
> p ghc Provides libghc-unix-dev-2.6.0.1-7550b
> p ghc Depends libgmp-dev
> p libgmp-dev Recommends libstdc++-4.8-dev | libstdc++-dev
> p libstdc++-4.8-dev Depends gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.4-1)
This is controlled by the apt configuration options
APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant
APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant
See apt.conf(5) for how to adjust these.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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