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[Jorge Morais <1410792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When one removes a package, one usually wants to auto-remove the
dependencies which were automatically installed and are no longer needed
by any package.  This feature is default on aptitude, and in apt-get it
is enable by --auto-remove.  Because the apt command lacks this feature
(neither by default nor via a flag) then I have to remove packages with
aptitude.  Adding the --auto-remove flag to apt (or making it the
default behavior) would make it more useful and user-friendly; new users
would have to learn only one command (apt) for all common tasks, leaving
other commands for specialized tasks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: apt 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-generic 3.16.7-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jan 14 10:56:30 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (260 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (80 days ago)

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic

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Title:
  Feature request: add --auto-remove to apt command or make it default
  behavior

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When one removes a package, one usually wants to auto-remove the
  dependencies which were automatically installed and are no longer
  needed by any package.  This feature is default on aptitude, and in
  apt-get it is enable by --auto-remove.  Because the apt command lacks
  this feature (neither by default nor via a flag) then I have to remove
  packages with aptitude.  Adding the --auto-remove flag to apt (or
  making it the default behavior) would make it more useful and user-
  friendly; new users would have to learn only one command (apt) for all
  common tasks, leaving other commands for specialized tasks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: apt 1.0.9.2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39-generic 3.16.7-ckt2
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 14 10:56:30 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-28 (260 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (80 days ago)

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