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Despite claims that autoremove is safe, I have, more than once, removed important packages and then finding what was removed has been a struggle. How do I find out what was removed with this command post-facto?

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  • You can check the `/var/log/dpkg.log`. – mikewhatever Apr 30 '16 at 18:27
  • (same logs apply) – muru Apr 30 '16 at 18:33
  • If the answers are the same but questions are different... is it still a dupe? – raphael Apr 30 '16 at 18:36
  • I edit the question so that it's more generic. Now it fits the bill. – muru Apr 30 '16 at 18:51
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    What I don't understand with those questions: Why don't you read what will be removed **before** pressing ? – guntbert May 01 '16 at 19:55
  • @guntbert I did. Thought, hmm, *that*'s interesting. Next day when I turn my computer on, I had no xserver anymore. By then i couldn't remember which package had been removed – raphael May 01 '16 at 19:57
  • I got bit by this 'apt autoremove' "feature" as well. Yesterday, apt suggested that a whole slew of over a dozen packages be removed, including nvidia related drivers. Trusting that they knew what they were doing, I simply did an autoremove. After which, I had to reinstall Ubuntu in order to get my system working again.. And, on reflection, this has happened to me at least twice, over the years.. – Gino Nov 30 '21 at 09:57

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Do:

grep remove /var/log/dpkg.log
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