How to use apt remove with wildcard?

Asked May 08 '20 at 15:11

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The command apt-get allows wildcards for (auto) removing packages. However, apt doesn't seem to work the same way. For example...

sudo apt autoremove libreoffice*

...gives the following error...

E: Unable to locate package libreoffice*

Can apt be used with wildcards, like apt-get?

asked May 08 '20 at 15:11

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ah this one is even better: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1218814/problem-using-bash-wildcard-with-apt – pLumo May 08 '20 at 15:19
You can still use apt-get instead with sudo apt-get autoremove libreoffice*. – N0rbert May 08 '20 at 16:05

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