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If you installed build-essential, then removed it, then apt-get --purge autoremove should remove the packages that build-essential pulled in that were not alrea
by yrro 11y ago
If you installed build-essential, then removed it, then apt-get --purge autoremove should remove the packages that build-essential pulled in that were not already installed.
- XorNot 11y agoThe problem is by default this will remove runtimes like libtool as well. Sure, I could figure out what these are and keep them around, but the problem is the time-crunch aspect - it takes time, and if the program changes then you still need to take the time.