Is there a way to purge
all packages installed via apt-get
from the very moment you installed the Ubuntu OS, up till this very point?
One could call it a a "mega apt-get purge".
The purpose of this operation to clear the system of everything I've installed so far (from apt
) on top of the Ubuntu OS itself. This would bring me the closer to a fresh install of a Ubuntu OS, without any added software (of course, the only thing I'll have left is to clear all non-apt
software and individual files I've added, but that is of course another issue).
The reason for this operation is because this is done on a VPS machine in which I can't install and uninstall operating systems in the traditional way; I can indeed use the "rebuild" functionality of my hosting provider but I find it a bit annoying to use from personal reasons so I just want to go closest I can to a fresh install without that.
How will you do the desired "mega apt-get purge"? Thanks.