Noob Question - Something like Windows system restore in Ubuntu

[Tim Tebbit]

David McNally wrote:
> Hi!
> I've been using Ubuntu for two years, so I'm generally pretty good with it,
> but sometimes something comes up and I have no idea what to do.
> 
> I'm looking for something where I can uninstall a package and all of its
> dependencies. I don't need it now, I just want to feel secure about
> installing kubuntu-desktop. I'm pretty sure I might want to remove it, but
> kubuntu-desktop is just a package with nothing but dependencies in it. If I
> remove it, will the dependencies be removed as well, or will I need to
> remove each one by hand, or is there something else I can do?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> David
> 
> 


How noob?  aptitude shines at this type of task.

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
sudo aptitude purge kubuntu-desktop

Aptitude is much better at handling dependencies IMO.  Probably why it 
is the suggested package manager for Ubuntu's 16yr old dad with about as 
many children, Debian.