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echo: rberrypi
to: ZOT
from: RICHARD KETTLEWELL
date: 2019-09-26 10:25:00
subject: Re: apt-get remove perl

ZOT  writes:
> Problem with different perl version,
> I did
> apt-get remove perl and
> apache2
> sendmail
> mysql
> cpan
> got removed as well?

It does ask if you want to proceed.

    # apt remove perl
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    [...]
    The following packages will be REMOVED:
      apache2 apache2-bin apache2-suexec-pristine autoconf automake
      [...]
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 173 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    After this operation, 558 MB disk space will be freed.
    Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
    Abort.
    #

> Artificial intelligence?

Dependency management. If you remove something that apache2 depends on,
it will remove apache2 as well.

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