When I run apt-get upgrade it includes packages like firefox-locale-de even though I removed firefox and have run apt-get autoremove. How can I figure out why my system still wants this package?
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Delete firefox-locale-de by running sudo apt-get-purge firefox-locale-de.
If you wish, first run apt-get-purge -s firefox-locale-de to give you an idea of what the command will do. Because it is a simulation, nothing will actually be removed and you don't need sudo.
sudo apt-get dist-upgradeinstead, since that would install any needed dependencies as well. What packages does it list for upgrade (and only upgrade)?aptwants to upgrade (not fresh install, but upgrade)? I don't remember the exact output correctly, but I believeaptwill give a list of packages it is upgrading, or it might give a list of packages it is installing and another list of packages it is installing and upgrading. Edit your question and add in this info.apt-cache depends packagenamelists dependencies ofpackagename, whileapt-cache rdepends packagenamelists packages that are dependent onpackagename.