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Cleaning Unnecessary files in ubuntu

  Date: Dec 04    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 336
  

Being a newbee in ubuntu, to get things to work, I have installed numerous
packages using sudo commands. During this process, I think that I have installed
unnecessary softwares.
So, to prevent this garbage build up, I was wondering is there any logical
solution to how to clean up any unused packages installed on my ubuntu?

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Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 04    

sudo apt-get

remove - Remove packages
autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 04    

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto

They also supply Computer Janitor, cruft and sweeper for this purpose. The
former comes with Ubuntu. The others are in the repos. I also like Ubuntu
Tweak which is available from getdeb.net.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 04    

Would be the command to see what the options do,
be apt-get -h or sudo apt-get -h or something else?

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 04    

sudo not required for the options

 
Answer #5    Answered On: Dec 04    

then do the opposite:
sudo aptitude remove whatever
sudo aptitude purge whatever.

 
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