I want to uninstall vim, and according to this answer that is done by uninstalling vim.tiny
. But when I run apt remove vim.tiny
apt also wants to remove ubuntu-minimal
.
What is ubuntu-minimal? Will removing it affect any other program than the vi editor?
Best Answer
ubuntu-minimal is a metapackage.
Here's partial output of the
apt show command
:A metapackage is a list of software that specifies what is installed on your system during the initial installation process and when you upgrade from one version of your OS to another. See What are the downsides of removing ubuntu-desktop metapackage? for example.
Removing a metapackage is otherwise harmless.
While you maybe able to remove vim-tiny, the benefits would be negligible and somewhere down the line some other software you install may pull it back in.