[PlanetCCRMA] Synaptic doesn't really remove packages...

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> ...or I don't understand how to do it.
> 
> I select a package to have it remove, select remove, and I see a red down
> arrow. I say proceed, and it acts like it's removing the package, but it
> doesn't.

You are right, for some reason it does not remove it. I tested the same
operation on the newer version version of synaptic (0.24) that I built for
redhat 8.0 and it seems to work fine. But that requires an update to apt
itself (to the new 0.5.4 version).

You could use apt-get to erase packages as well. The command is:
  apt-get remove package_name

As with apt-get install it will track dependencies and prompt you before 
erasing the packages. 

I'll upgrade the 7.2/7.3 apt/synaptic rpms to the newer versions soon. 

-- Fernando