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Ubuntu is way to easy to break  
Written by drasking the 7 Mar 13 at 05:59. Not an idea
Everytime i install new stuff or package on ubuntu, its way too hard to unistall them or some other app need the installed package which were being used by the app i wanted to unistall.

Example: I was interested on installing KDE on ubuntu and found a tutorial which said this: "If you decide you want to remove KDE, it's not enough to go to Ubuntu Software Center and remove the Kubuntu Plasma Desktop system package, as that is just an empty package that points to all the software packages that make up a default Kubuntu installation. Removing the pointer package won't remove all the packages it points to." The problem is that when im installing a software or program, it install aditional packages so when i want to unistall it, its way to complicate since i need to find each package that it was included from the software, and if some other app is using some of those package, it become a bigger problem.
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Solution #1: Make a unistall manager which keep tracks of the additional packages
Written by drasking the 7 Mar 13 at 05:59.
Make a unistall manager (which show all installed program divided by tabs like all programs, user installed, ubuntu default, etc..) wich keep tracks of additional packages, example: if i installed a program called "KDE" and KDE needs to install "PACKAGE 1" + "PACKAGE 2" + "PACKAGE 3" and "PACKAGE 4", when i want to unistall "KDE", i just open unistall management, search for the program i want to unistall in this case KDE, it wil tell me that unistalling KDE will remove PACKAGE 1+2+4 then i just acept or click on the unistall buton (NOTE: PACKAGE 3 was not shown because PACKAGE 3 were needed by another program so there wont be any problem but Unistal manager should include a option to delete PACKAGE 3 anyways if the user want) this way, i dont need to mess with the systemk if i unistall wrong stuff or search for unistalling guides like in windows were to unistall a program is just a click away and wont delete need packages used by other programs.
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Solution #2: Run Automatically A Cleaner Utility
Written by vkadal the 7 Mar 13 at 09:22.
After every installation / uninstallation / update, a clean utility can be run automatically to look for any unused packages and remove it, instead of user to choose the packages

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