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	  To install one package, it is often necessary to install
	  several others (to fulfill its dependencies).  For instance,
	  if you wish to install the
	  <code class="systemitem">clanbomber</code> package, you must also
	  install the package <code class="systemitem">libclanlib2</code>.
	  If you remove <code class="systemitem">clanbomber</code> again, you
	  probably no longer need the
	  <code class="systemitem">libclanlib2</code> package; <span class="command"><strong>aptitude</strong></span>
	  will attempt to detect this and automatically remove the
	  <code class="systemitem">libclanlib2</code> package.
	</p><p>
	  It works like this: when you install a package, <span class="command"><strong>aptitude</strong></span>
	  will automatically install any other packages on which it
	  depends.  These packages are marked as having been
	  <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">automatically installed</span>”</span>; <span class="command"><strong>aptitude</strong></span> will monitor them and
	  remove them when they are no longer depended upon by any
	  manually installed package
	  <a href="#ftn.idm1912" class="footnote" id="idm1912"><sup class="footnote">[10]</sup></a>
	  .  They will appear in the preview as
	  <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">packages being removed because they are no longer used.</span>”</span>
	</p><p>
	  As with any automatic process, there is a potential for
	  things to go haywire.  For instance, even if a package was
	  automatically installed to start with, it might turn out to
	  be useful in its own right.  You can cancel the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">automatic</span>”</span>
	  flag at any time by pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>m</strong></span>; if the
	  package is already being removed, you can use
	  <span class="guimenu">Package</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Install</span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>+</strong></span></strong></span>) to cancel the removal and clear the
	  <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">automatic</span>”</span> flag.
	</p><div class="footnotes"><br /><hr style="width:100; text-align:left;margin-left: 0" /><div id="ftn.idm1912" class="footnote"><p><a href="#idm1912" class="para"><sup class="para">[10] </sup></a>
	      More precisely: they will be removed when there is no
	      path via Depends, PreDepends, or Recommends to them from
	      a manually installed package.  If <a class="link" href="ch02s05s05.html#configApt-AutoRemove-SuggestsImportant">APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant</a>
	      is true, a Suggests relationship is also enough to keep
	      a package installed.
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