If you commonly use the terminal for updating your ubuntu system, sometimes, you might come across the following message.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libkcmutils4 libclucene0ldbl libkldap4 libqca2 libkpimtextedit4 libprison0 libkcalutils4 libxine1-x libmicroblog4 libxine1
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
You can use apt-get autoremove , the packages will get deleted however, the configuration files and settings will be retained . To remove the unwanted applications completely, you can add the –purge option . So, the command will be:
sudo apt-get autoremove –purge
The output of the command is shown below:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
akonadi-backend-mysql* akonadi-server* kate-data* kdelibs-bin* kdelibs5-data* kdepimlibs-kio-plugins* kdoctools*
Removing akonadi-server …
Purging configuration files for akonadi-server …
Removing akonadi-backend-mysql …
Purging configuration files for akonadi-backend-mysql …
Removing kate-data …
Purging configuration files for kate-data …
Removing kdelibs-bin …
Removing kdelibs5-data …
Purging configuration files for kdelibs5-data …
Removing kdepimlibs-kio-plugins …
Removing kdoctools …
Removing libakonadi-contact4 …
Purging configuration files for libakonadi-contact4 …
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