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With all due respect, I think that Jonas is correct regarding the tags -- the Apt manual is useful, and already mentioned in the post, however it doesn't provide what's needed in this case, afaik. Justs my 2c.
What I intended to say, was that the Apt manual, as useful as it is, doesn't provide the level of detail required to answer the original question (how to remove packages based on section and/or debtags). Correct me if I have overlooked something, however.
No no, you're right about the answer to this particular problem not being in the howto. It's just that he asked in one post how to remove a particular app, and I posted the apt-commands to do so. Only as an afterthought did I post the howto link if he would like to learn about apt. Most people do prefer to learn by reading rather than being spoonfed the answers, at least they should prefer it, but then the amount of information isn't a problem, it's knowing where to find it. I was just trying to point in the right direction.
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