Remove Unnecessary/Unused Linux Packages

Removing unnecessary or unused packages is important to reduce system bloat and potential security vulnerabilities.

On Debian-based servers, you can use apt package manager commands:

sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt clean

autoremove removes packages that were automatically installed and are no longer needed.
autoclean removes obsolete packages from the cache.
clean removes all cached package files.

For further cleanup, the deborphan tool can help identify orphaned packages for removal.

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