Re: package-autoremove ?

[Rudolf Schlatte]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> Can someone describe the process that package-autoremove goes through to
> create the list of packages that are "safe" to be removed?  When I use
> it, I see a few packages that I have connected to other packages
> (ex. 'diminish being used by 'use-package).  Is there anything I should
> do to signal to package-autoremove that I know a package is needed?

You can add these packages to `package-selected-packages'.  `M-x
list-packages' will show such packages as "dependency" instead of
"installed"; typing "i" then "x" on the line of a dependency package
(i.e., trying to install the package) will add it to
`package-selected-packages' as well.

For me, this situation comes up when I install a package via
`(use-package ... :ensure t)' instead of via `list-packages'.