How to uninstall obsolete dependent packages | Linux Today

How to uninstall obsolete dependent packages

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Sep 20, 2016

If your system is not fresh and you installed and removed a good dozen different applications using Synaptic or any other package manager, it is more likely than not that you have not removed all the obsolete dependent packages.

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