On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 10:10 AM Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 10:04:23AM -0400, Ismael L. Donis Garcia wrote:
> > root@clt-iyc-03:~# apt autoremove $(deborphan)
> > Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
> > Creando árbol de dependencias... Hecho
> > Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
> > Los siguientes paquetes se ELIMINARÁN:
> > accountsservice albatross-gtk-theme apg avahi-utils bamfdaemon
> > blackbird-gtk-theme bluebird-gtk-theme blueman bluez-obexd bolt caja
> > caja-admin caja-common caja-eiciel caja-extensions-common caja-gtkhash
> > caja-image-converter caja-open-terminal caja-rename caja-seahorse
> ...
> ...
> > sonnet-plugins switcheroo-control synaptic system-config-printer
> > system-config-printer-common system-config-printer-udev
> > system-tools-backends systemsettings tpm-udev udisks2 upower usb-modeswitch
> > usb-modeswitch-data usbmuxd vbetool webp-pixbuf-loader
> > 0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 508 para eliminar y 2 no
> > actualizados.
> > Se liberarán 1257 MB después de esta operación.
> > ¿Desea continuar? [S/n]
> >
> >
> > The list to delete is huge.
>
> Yes, that does look a little extreme.
>

> You could try using aptitude interactively.
> Ask it to delete *one* of the gcc packages.
> Don't tell it to go ahead,
>     but instead look at the other packages it proposes to delete.
> If you think that's too much, back out.

I have done this using apt remove xxxxxx
with the similar proviso that if I don't like I give the request the
'n' response - - - - and then try something else.
>
> There's probably a noninteractive way to do this, too.

This would be useful - - - - but me I'm too much of a chicken to
use autoremove!!

HTH