At times a package I install later on wants to take packages previously installed while going out. Some even try to take out core system packages. This mean trying out something is fraught with risk of permanently staining the installation.

Why does this happen?

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    11 months ago

    Which distro? Which package manager? How do you remove them?

    There are often options to remove a package with all its dependencies. If you hit that, depending on the package it’ll try to remove half the system.