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showmanual is showing things like xserver-xorg-video-vesa, which I swear I didn't install manually.

phunehehe
– phunehehe

2012-09-22 03:18:59 +00:00
Commented Sep 22, 2012 at 3:18
probably installed automatically by your distro at first install.

Matt
– Matt

2018-08-17 12:41:45 +00:00
Commented Aug 17, 2018 at 12:41
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That's the thing, it should filter out such packages which were installed automatically by distro.

Alexandr Zarubkin
– Alexandr Zarubkin

2024-05-14 09:37:02 +00:00
Commented May 14, 2024 at 9:37

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