Gene Heskett wrote:

> Neither have I. �Same with aptitude, I can't remove it, IMSNHO its a
> dangerous utility as it destroyed my system about 2 weeks ago, requiring
> I re-install 236 packages. �I haven't nuked the executables yet, but I
> just did a chmod -x �on the /usr/bin/aptitude-curses. �Now I sit back
> and see what complains.

# dpkg --purge aptitude aptitude-create-state-bundle  aptitude-curses              
aptitude-run-state-bundle aptitude-common aptitude-doc-en
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove aptitude which isn't installed
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove aptitude-create-state-bundle which
isn't installed
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove aptitude-curses which isn't
installed
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove aptitude-run-state-bundle which
isn't installed
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove aptitude-common which isn't
installed
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove aptitude-doc-en which isn't
installed

I must agree with Lisi, aptitude is not required package.
I'm on jessie.
I stopped using any kind of package manager other than apt-get and dpkg.

regards