uninstalling unwanted packages

Package manager "apt-get" can remove any unwanted packages with one single command in terminal (CTRL+ALT+T)

$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Now , define unwanted .. because "apt-get" consider as unwanted all the packages are orphaned .. or not needed anymore in your system.

If you consider as unwanted a package (that "apt-get" not) then you must remove it manual.

Thanks

Hi

Thanks for your kind advice and help. I ran the given command and got the following results:
efcon@Dell:~$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
[sudo] password for efcon:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

May I request your further help with searching for packages and removing those like Bluetooth, if possible.

Thanks again. Your instructions are most appreciated.

Hi

Thanks for your much appreciated help.
Kind regards

Excuse me, what command should I type in the terminal to view all packages installed in my Ubuntu system?
Thank You.

HI

The command we need to use is dpkg –get-selections, which will give us a list of all the currently installed packages. This infomation can be verified on the site:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/show-the-list-of-installed-packages-on-ubuntu-or-debian.

Hope this is of some help to you.

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.

The correct command is ofcourse: dpkg --get-selections

It should be: dpkg dpkg --get-selections. There is a space between dpkg and --get-selections. OK